9th largest plant in West Virginia · 719th nationally
Ceredo Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in West Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 519 MW. It generates roughly 469.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 44,742 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 10% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1455 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Ceredo Generating Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Appalachian Power Co |
| City | Huntington |
| County | Wayne County |
| State | West Virginia |
| ZIP | 25704 |
| Coordinates | 38.36810, -82.53390 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 03 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 05 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 06 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 341.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 229 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1455 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.