Home › Largest Power Plants in America Largest Power Plants in America The United States operates thousands of power plants, but the largest facilities — nuclear stations, major hydroelectric dams, and sprawling gas-fired complexes — account for a disproportionate share of the nation's electricity. The table below ranks the top 50 plants by nameplate capacity in megawatts (MW).
Nameplate capacity measures the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions. A 3,000 MW nuclear plant running at 90% capacity factor generates far more electricity annually than a 3,000 MW solar farm at 25%. Click any plant name for full generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
# Plant State Fuel Capacity 1 Grand Coulee Washington Hydroelectric 6,809 MW 2 West County Energy Center Florida Natural Gas 4,263 MW 3 Palo Verde Arizona Nuclear 4,210 MW 4 W A Parish Texas Coal 4,008 MW 5 Browns Ferry Alabama Nuclear 3,854 MW 6 Vogtle Georgia Nuclear 3,544 MW 7 Bowen Georgia Coal 3,499 MW 8 Crystal River Florida Natural Gas 3,449 MW 9 Barry Alabama Natural Gas 3,344 MW 10 Gibson Indiana Coal 3,340 MW 11 Monroe (Mi) Michigan Coal 3,293 MW 12 Manatee Florida Natural Gas 2,951 MW 13 John E Amos West Virginia Coal 2,933 MW 14 Peach Bottom Pennsylvania Nuclear 2,876 MW 15 Bath County Virginia Hydroelectric 2,862 MW 16 Turkey Point Florida Nuclear 2,861 MW 17 Jack Mcdonough Georgia Natural Gas 2,848 MW 18 James H Miller Jr Alabama Coal 2,822 MW 19 South Texas Project Texas Nuclear 2,709 MW 20 Fort Myers Florida Natural Gas 2,681 MW 21 Scherer Georgia Coal 2,673 MW 22 Oconee South Carolina Nuclear 2,667 MW 23 Lauderdale Florida Natural Gas 2,664 MW 24 Seminole (Fl) Florida Coal 2,612 MW 25 Cumberland (Tn) Tennessee Coal 2,600 MW 26 Rockport Indiana Coal 2,600 MW 27 Gavin Power, Llc Ohio Coal 2,600 MW 28 Trimble County Kentucky Coal 2,594 MW 29 Roxboro North Carolina Coal 2,558 MW 30 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Tennessee Nuclear 2,540 MW 31 Talenenergy Susquehanna Pennsylvania Nuclear 2,532 MW 32 Belews Creek North Carolina Natural Gas 2,491 MW 33 Sherburne County Minnesota Coal 2,469 MW 34 Chief Joseph Washington Hydroelectric 2,456 MW 35 Braidwood Generation Station Illinois Nuclear 2,450 MW 36 Byron Generating Station Illinois Nuclear 2,450 MW 37 Martin Florida Natural Gas 2,449 MW 38 Sequoyah Tennessee Nuclear 2,441 MW 39 Mcguire North Carolina Nuclear 2,441 MW 40 Nine Mile Point Louisiana Natural Gas 2,440 MW 41 Comanche Peak Texas Nuclear 2,430 MW 42 Robert Moses Niagara New York Hydroelectric 2,429 MW 43 Union Power Station Arkansas Natural Gas 2,428 MW 44 Catawba South Carolina Nuclear 2,410 MW 45 H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station Florida Natural Gas 2,399 MW 46 Cross South Carolina Coal 2,390 MW 47 Labadie Missouri Coal 2,389 MW 48 Pseg Salem Generating Station New Jersey Nuclear 2,382 MW 49 Martin Lake Texas Coal 2,380 MW 50 Sanford Florida Natural Gas 2,378 MW
Browse by state Alaska 157 plants 3,135 MW Alabama 104 plants 32,973 MW Arkansas 145 plants 18,233 MW Arizona 231 plants 38,013 MW California 2,171 plants 104,274 MW Colorado 342 plants 21,704 MW Connecticut 201 plants 11,216 MW District of Columbia 22 plants 66 MW Delaware 43 plants 3,448 MW Florida 405 plants 80,476 MW Georgia 315 plants 41,807 MW Hawaii 93 plants 3,702 MW Iowa 331 plants 24,720 MW Idaho 160 plants 5,999 MW Illinois 566 plants 53,814 MW Indiana 269 plants 31,866 MW Kansas 212 plants 20,732 MW Kentucky 92 plants 21,989 MW Louisiana 128 plants 30,012 MW Massachusetts 700 plants 14,691 MW Maryland 246 plants 13,242 MW Maine 269 plants 5,966 MW Michigan 332 plants 34,772 MW Minnesota 837 plants 20,711 MW Missouri 164 plants 23,502 MW Mississippi 88 plants 18,086 MW Montana 83 plants 7,403 MW North Carolina 988 plants 42,411 MW North Dakota 71 plants 10,074 MW Nebraska 141 plants 11,447 MW New Hampshire 61 plants 4,730 MW New Jersey 427 plants 18,347 MW New Mexico 182 plants 12,877 MW Nevada 147 plants 17,553 MW New York 1,215 plants 44,921 MW Ohio 262 plants 33,151 MW Oklahoma 167 plants 34,818 MW Oregon 321 plants 18,561 MW Pennsylvania 324 plants 54,933 MW Rhode Island 109 plants 2,505 MW South Carolina 259 plants 26,684 MW South Dakota 62 plants 7,667 MW Tennessee 124 plants 24,397 MW Texas 1,368 plants 186,849 MW Utah 147 plants 10,694 MW Virginia 317 plants 32,763 MW Vermont 124 plants 913 MW Washington 172 plants 31,538 MW Wisconsin 292 plants 19,804 MW West Virginia 56 plants 15,839 MW Wyoming 90 plants 12,033 MW Cite this page PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Largest Power Plants in America. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/largest-power-plants Click the citation to select it for copying. For bulk data, see the data downloads page .