77th largest plant in Ohio · 4327th nationally
Ashtabula is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 26.1 MW. It generates roughly 170.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,201 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 74% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 608 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (26.1 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Ashtabula |
|---|---|
| Operator | Dte Ashtabula, Llc |
| City | Ashtabula |
| County | Ashtabula County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 44004 |
| Coordinates | 41.89003, -80.76120 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 4.9 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 51.7k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 91 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 608 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.