39th largest plant in Ohio · 1827th nationally
Dick's Creek is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 159 MW. It generates roughly 1.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 177 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Dick's Creek |
|---|---|
| Operator | Luminant Dick's Creek |
| City | Monroe |
| County | Butler County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 45100 |
| Coordinates | 39.46500, -84.37780 |
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 Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 100 MW | Operating | 1965 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 21.3 MW | Operating | 1969 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 21.3 MW | Operating | 1969 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 16.5 MW | Operating | 1969 |
| NOₓ | 13 metric tons |
|---|
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.