🛢 Oil Power Plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

Largest sites

Plant	State	Capacity	Operator
Oswego Harbor Power	New York	1,804 MW	Oswego Harbor Power
Talenenergy Martins Creek	Pennsylvania	1,772 MW	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
Roseton Generating Facility	New York	1,242 MW	Cci Roseton Llc
Herbert A Wagner	Maryland	923 MW	H.a. Wagner Llc
Yorktown	Virginia	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
William F Wyman Hybrid	Maine	863 MW	Fpl Energy Wyman Llc
Edge Moor	Delaware	710 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
New Haven Harbor	Connecticut	642 MW	Generation Bridge Ii Connecticut, Llc
Gowanus Gas Turbines Generating	New York	640 MW	U S Power Generating Company Llc
Kahe	Hawaii	610 MW	Hawaiian Electric Co Inc
Holtsville	New York	567 MW	National Grid Generation Llc
Mcmanus	Georgia	560 MW	Georgia Power Co
West Lorain	Ohio	556 MW	Vermillion Power Llc
Croydon Ct Generating Station	Pennsylvania	546 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Northeast (Mo)	Missouri	540 MW	Evergy Metro
Montville Station	Connecticut	495 MW	Montville Power Llc
Waiau	Hawaii	475 MW	Hawaiian Electric Co Inc
Newington	New Hampshire	414 MW	Granite Shore Power
Commonwealth Chesapeake	Virginia	403 MW	Commonwealth Chesapeake Co Llc
Quindaro	Kansas	383 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
Wilson	Georgia	318 MW	Georgia Power Co
Wading River	New York	310 MW	National Grid Generation Llc
Kalaeloa Cogen Plant	Hawaii	299 MW	Kalaeloa Partners Lp
Fisk Street	Illinois	260 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
Morgantown Generating Plant	Maryland	260 MW	Lanyard Power Holdings, Llc
Genconn Middletown Llc	Connecticut	242 MW	Genconn Middletown Llc
Genconn Devon Llc	Connecticut	242 MW	Genconn Devon Llc
Maalaea	Hawaii	230 MW	Maui Electric Co Ltd
Bayboro	Florida	227 MW	Duke Energy Florida, Llc
Devon Station	Connecticut	223 MW	Devon Power Llc
Firstenergy Bay Shore	Ohio	187 MW	Walleye Power, Llc
North Pole	Alaska	181 MW	Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Vienna Operations	Maryland	181 MW	Nrg Vienna Operations Inc
Rosemary Power Station	North Carolina	180 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
Schiller	New Hampshire	171 MW	Granite Shore Power
W H Weatherspoon	North Carolina	163 MW	Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
Dynegy Oakland Power Plant	California	149 MW	Dynegy Oakland, Llc
Savannah River Mill	Georgia	140 MW	Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods Lp-Savannah
Exelon Medway Llc	Massachusetts	135 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Spirit Mound	South Dakota	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Richmond Generating Station	Pennsylvania	132 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Jones Street	Nebraska	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
Burlington (Co)	Colorado	129 MW	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
Stock Island	Florida	127 MW	Utility Board Of Key West City
Hilton Head	South Carolina	118 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
Manitowoc	Wisconsin	117 MW	Manitowoc Public Utilities
Cos Cob	Connecticut	115 MW	Connecticut Jet Power Llc
Campbell Industrial Park	Hawaii	113 MW	Hawaiian Electric Co Inc
Waukegan	Illinois	112 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	112 MW	South Carolina Public Service Authority
Glenwood	New York	110 MW	National Grid Generation Llc
Shoreham Energy Llc	New York	100 MW	Mph Cross Island Power
Sc 1 Data Center, Phase 2	California	99.6 MW	Xeres Ventures Llc
Nrg Chalk Point Ct	Maryland	94.0 MW	Nrg Chalk Point Ct
Lime Creek	Iowa	90.2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
Port Allen (Hi)	Hawaii	89.5 MW	Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
Keahole	Hawaii	89.1 MW	Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc
Philadelphia	Maryland	82.8 MW	Constellation Power Source Generation, Llc
Low Moor	Virginia	82.8 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
Northern Neck	Virginia	82.8 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
Walton Bainbridge Power Facility	Georgia	80.0 MW	Walton Bainbridge Llc
Ames Gt	Iowa	78.7 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
New Ulm	Minnesota	78.5 MW	New Ulm Public Utilities Comm
Delaware Generating Station	Pennsylvania	77.0 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Forked River	New Jersey	76.8 MW	Forked River Power, Llc
Southwark	Pennsylvania	74.4 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Shoreham	New York	71.5 MW	National Grid Generation Llc
Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome	Georgia	70.4 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
Waterside Power, Llc	Connecticut	69.6 MW	Waterside Power, Llc
Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West	Texas	69.2 MW	Valero Refining Co
M Street Jet	Massachusetts	69.0 MW	Massachusetts Bay Trans Auth
Fairgrounds	Missouri	68.3 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
Yellowstone Energy Lp	Montana	68.0 MW	Yellowstone Energy Lp
Watertown Power Plant	South Dakota	67.5 MW	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny
Hamakua Energy Plant	Hawaii	66.0 MW	Hamakua Energy Lp
Superior	Michigan	64.0 MW	Dte Electric Company
Falls	Pennsylvania	63.6 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Moser Generating Station	Pennsylvania	63.6 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Lemon Creek	Alaska	61.7 MW	Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
St Bonifacius	Minnesota	61.2 MW	Great River Energy
Columbia (Mo)	Missouri	61.1 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
Moreau	Missouri	60.8 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
Mexico	Missouri	60.7 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
Moberly	Missouri	60.6 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
Wheelabrator Portsmouth	Virginia	60.0 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
Hebron	Nebraska	56.7 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
Mccook	Nebraska	56.7 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
Chester Generating Station	Pennsylvania	55.8 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
Christiana	Delaware	55.0 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
Mountain	Pennsylvania	54.0 MW	Mountain Power, Llc
Tolna	Pennsylvania	54.0 MW	Tolna Power, Llc
Hawkeye Energy Greenport Llc	New York	54.0 MW	Hawkeye Energy Greenport Llc
Diesel Generators	Wisconsin	54.0 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
Alamosa	Colorado	53.2 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
Unionville	Missouri	53.2 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
Sunbury Generation Lp	Pennsylvania	52.7 MW	Sunbury Generation Lp
West Babylon	New York	52.4 MW	National Grid Generation Llc
Chesapeake	Virginia	51.1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
Winston	Florida	50.0 MW	City Of Lakeland - (Fl)
Jamestown	North Dakota	48.2 MW	Otter Tail Power Co