Power Plants Near 26325 — Auburn, WV

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26325 (Auburn, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0864, -80.8837 · County: Ritchie

Coal 75%Natural Gas 22%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
29.3 mi	Pleasants Power Station Willow Island, WV	Coal	1,368 MW	Omnis Pleasants, Llc
29.5 mi	Firstenergy Willow Island Willow Island, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
29.9 mi	Willow Island Hydroelectric Plant Willow Island, WV	Hydroelectric	44 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
30.8 mi	Pleasants Energy Llc St Mary's, WV	Natural Gas	344 MW	Pleasants Energy Llc
33.1 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
36.0 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
39.2 mi	Richard Gorsuch Marietta, OH	Coal	—	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
40.1 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
41.9 mi	Devola L&d Hydroelectric Project Marietta, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
42.6 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
45.6 mi	Lowell L&d Hydroelectric Project Adams Township, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
45.7 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
45.8 mi	Belleville Dam Belleville, WV	Hydroelectric	42 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
48.0 mi	Anadarko Woodsfield, OH	Oil	8 MW	City Of Woodsfield - (Oh)
48.0 mi	Great Bend Solar Project Portland, OH	Solar	—	Great Bend Solar Llc
48.7 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Auburn, West Virginia (ZIP 26325), with a combined 4,533 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pleasants Power Station at 29.3 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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