Power Plants Near 26435 — Simpson, WV

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26435 (Simpson, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2668, -80.0934 · County: Taylor

Coal 71%Natural Gas 19%Wind 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
12.4 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
15.1 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
18.3 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
18.8 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
20.7 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
20.7 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
21.1 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
25.3 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
26.7 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
28.8 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
30.3 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
31.3 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
31.4 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
31.9 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
33.3 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
33.5 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
33.8 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
35.3 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
35.6 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
35.9 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
36.1 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
37.6 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
37.9 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
38.6 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
38.8 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
39.6 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
40.4 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
40.8 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.9 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
42.0 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
43.9 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
44.0 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
44.0 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
44.1 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
44.6 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
47.2 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
47.4 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
49.2 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
49.6 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
49.7 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Simpson, West Virginia (ZIP 26435), with a combined 8,124 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tygart Hydropower at 4.6 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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