Power Plants Near 26524 — Bretz, WV

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26524 (Bretz, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.5423, -79.8006 · County: Preston

Coal 59%Natural Gas 27%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.5 mi	Firstenergy Albright Albright, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
10.4 mi	Morgantown L&d Hydroelectric Project Morgantown, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
10.9 mi	Morgantown Energy Facility Morgantown, WV	Natural Gas	69 MW	Morgantown Energy Associates
12.6 mi	Lake Lynn Hydro Station Lake Lynn, PA	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
13.4 mi	Opekiska L&d Hydroelectric Project Fairmont, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
13.5 mi	Firstenergy Fort Martin Power Station Maidsville, WV	Coal	1,152 MW	Monongahela Power Co
13.9 mi	Fort Martin Solar Maidsville, WV	Solar	19 MW	Monongahela Power Co
14.0 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
14.2 mi	Longview Power Plant Maidsville, WV	Coal	808 MW	Longview Power, Llc
14.3 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
14.5 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
15.0 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
15.7 mi	Rivesville Solar Rivesville, WV	Solar	6 MW	Monongahela Power Co
16.7 mi	Firstenergy Rivesville Rivesville, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
19.4 mi	Grant Town Power Plant Grant Town, WV	Coal	96 MW	American Bituminous Power Lp
20.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
20.7 mi	Deep Creek Oakland, MD	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
21.3 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
21.9 mi	Garrett County - Dpu Treatment Plant Oakland, MD	Solar	1 MW	Tesla Inc.
22.3 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga29 Tpe Friendsville, MD	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
22.8 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
24.1 mi	Md Cdg 002 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 002 Llc
24.5 mi	Md Cdg 001 Oakland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Md Cdg 001 Llc
24.5 mi	Tpe Md Ga140 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
25.4 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
25.6 mi	Md - Cs - Potomac Edison Co - Ga25 Tpe ( Accident, MD	Solar	2 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
25.7 mi	Tpe Md Ga137 Oakland, MD	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
26.3 mi	Roth Rock North Wind Farm, Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	10 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
26.6 mi	Terrapin Hills Wind Farm Accident, MD	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
26.7 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc
28.5 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
28.8 mi	Fair Wind Oakland, MD	Wind	30 MW	Fair Wind Power Partners, Llc
28.8 mi	Criterion Oakland, MD	Wind	70 MW	Criterion Power Partners Llc
29.2 mi	Yough Hydro Power Confluence, PA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	D/R Hydro Co
30.1 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
30.4 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
30.6 mi	Listonburg Solar Addison Township, PA	Solar	15 MW	Listonburg Solar, Llc
31.6 mi	North Branch (Wv) Gormania, WV	Coal	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
32.7 mi	Cpv Backbone Solar Swanton, MD	Solar	—	Cpv Backbone Solar, Llc
32.9 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
32.9 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
33.0 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
33.5 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
35.5 mi	Ringer Hill Wind Farm, Llc Salisbury, PA	Wind	40 MW	Ringer Hill Wind Llc
37.1 mi	Mt Storm Mount Storm, WV	Coal	1,681 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
37.3 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
38.7 mi	Nedpower Mount Storm Mount Storm, WV	Wind	264 MW	Clearway Energy Operating Llc
38.9 mi	Black Rock Wind Elk Garden, WV	Wind	115 MW	Black Rock Wind Force, Llc
41.1 mi	Casselman Wind Power Project Garrett, PA	Wind	35 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.6 mi	Pinnacle Wind Force Llc Keyser, WV	Wind	54 MW	Pinnacle Wind, Llc
42.0 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
42.4 mi	New Creek Wind New Creek, WV	Wind	103 MW	New Creek Wind, Llc
42.6 mi	Fourmile Ridge Frostburg, MD	Wind	40 MW	Fourmile Wind Energy, Llc
44.1 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
44.3 mi	Green Mountain Storage, Llc Garrett, PA	Other Fossil	10 MW	Green Mountain Storage, Llc
45.4 mi	Jade Meadow Llc Midland, MD	Solar	20 MW	Jade Meadow Llc
45.8 mi	Meyersdale Windpower, Llc Meyersdale, PA	Wind	30 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
46.0 mi	Meyersdale Battery Meyersdale, PA	Other Fossil	18 MW	Glidepath Power Operations Llc
47.3 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
48.6 mi	Dans Mountain Frostburg, MD	Wind	—	Dans Mountain Wind Force, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Bretz, West Virginia (ZIP 26524), with a combined 9,745 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Firstenergy Albright at 9.5 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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