Power Plants Near 45720 — Chester, OH

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 45720 (Chester, Ohio). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0856, -81.9214 · County: Meigs

Coal 75%Natural Gas 24%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Mountaineer New Haven, WV	Coal	1,300 MW	Appalachian Power Co
8.2 mi	Philip Sporn Graham Station, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
9.9 mi	Great Bend Solar Project Portland, OH	Solar	—	Great Bend Solar Llc
10.1 mi	Belleville Dam Belleville, WV	Hydroelectric	42 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
11.8 mi	Racine Racine, OH	Hydroelectric	47 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
14.8 mi	Gavin Power, Llc Cheshire, OH	Coal	2,600 MW	Gavin Power, Llc
16.3 mi	Kyger Creek Cheshire, OH	Coal	1,087 MW	Ohio Valley Electric Corp
22.1 mi	Rolling Hills Generating Wilkesville, OH	Natural Gas	978 MW	Rolling Hills Generating Llc
27.9 mi	Wolf Creek Solar Wolf Creek, OH	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
28.9 mi	Richard Gorsuch Marietta, OH	Coal	—	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
32.8 mi	Waterford Power, Llc Waterford, OH	Natural Gas	922 MW	Waterford Power, Llc
34.4 mi	Pleasants Energy Llc St Mary's, WV	Natural Gas	344 MW	Pleasants Energy Llc
35.1 mi	Devola L&d Hydroelectric Project Marietta, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
35.6 mi	Beverly L&d Hydroelectric Project Waterford Township, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
37.0 mi	Washington Energy Facility Beverly, OH	Natural Gas	715 MW	Dynegy Washington Energy Facility
37.1 mi	Jackson (Oh) Jackson, OH	Oil	—	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
37.4 mi	Willow Island Hydroelectric Plant Willow Island, WV	Hydroelectric	44 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
37.5 mi	Lowell L&d Hydroelectric Project Adams Township, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
38.5 mi	Firstenergy Willow Island Willow Island, WV	Coal	—	Monongahela Power Co
38.6 mi	Winfield Winfield, WV	Hydroelectric	25 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.7 mi	Malta L&d Hydroelectric Project Malta, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
38.8 mi	Pleasants Power Station Willow Island, WV	Coal	1,368 MW	Omnis Pleasants, Llc
42.6 mi	John E Amos St Albans, WV	Coal	2,933 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.7 mi	Rokeby L&d Hydroelectric Project Bloom Township, OH	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Chester, Ohio (ZIP 45720), with a combined 12,403 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mountaineer at 7.4 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 Ohio, visit the Ohio state page.

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