Power Plants Near 26294 — Valley Head, WV

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26294 (Valley Head, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.5315, -80.0343 · County: Randolph

Hydroelectric 90%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.1 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
25.7 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.8 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.5 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
39.5 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
42.7 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
44.6 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Valley Head, West Virginia (ZIP 26294), with a combined 3,175 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Monterey Diesel Generation Facility at 25.1 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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