Power Plants Near 25079 — Falling Rock, WV

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25079 (Falling Rock, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4951, -81.3984 · County: Kanawha

Coal 96%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.1 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
20.0 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
20.8 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
23.0 mi	John E Amos St Albans, WV	Coal	2,933 MW	Appalachian Power Co
25.9 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
26.9 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
28.0 mi	Winfield Winfield, WV	Hydroelectric	25 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.5 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
40.0 mi	Racine Racine, OH	Hydroelectric	47 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
40.4 mi	Aep Milton Nas Milton, WV	Battery Storage	—	Appalachian Power Co
40.5 mi	Great Bend Solar Project Portland, OH	Solar	—	Great Bend Solar Llc
43.2 mi	Philip Sporn Graham Station, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.2 mi	Mountaineer New Haven, WV	Coal	1,300 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.8 mi	Belleville Dam Belleville, WV	Hydroelectric	42 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
48.7 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
48.9 mi	Kyger Creek Cheshire, OH	Coal	1,087 MW	Ohio Valley Electric Corp
49.2 mi	Gavin Power, Llc Cheshire, OH	Coal	2,600 MW	Gavin Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Falling Rock, West Virginia (ZIP 25079), with a combined 8,253 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marmet at 19.1 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in West Virginia, visit the West Virginia state page.

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