Power Plants Near 26219 — Frenchton, WV

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26219 (Frenchton, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8993, -80.2269 · County: Upshur

Coal 90%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.7 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
27.3 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
28.7 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
34.0 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
41.9 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
44.1 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
44.8 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
45.6 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
45.9 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
46.9 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.6 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
47.6 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Frenchton, West Virginia (ZIP 26219), with a combined 2,379 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 19.7 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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