Firstenergy Bay Shore

🛢 OilIPP CHP187 MW capacity

37th largest plant in Ohio · 1647th nationally

Firstenergy Bay Shore is a oil power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 187 MW. It generates roughly 938.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 89,366 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 57% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 2583 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%57%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 96.4k MWh (69% of capacity)JFeb: 58.5k MWh (47% of capacity)FMar: 94.5k MWh (68% of capacity)MApr: 94.6k MWh (70% of capacity)AMay: 99.4k MWh (71% of capacity)MJun: 73.3k MWh (54% of capacity)JJul: 99.0k MWh (71% of capacity)JAug: 97.4k MWh (70% of capacity)ASep: 43.8k MWh (33% of capacity)SOct: 70.9k MWh (51% of capacity)ONov: 90.2k MWh (67% of capacity)NDec: 85.2k MWh (61% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (187 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.

Capacity187 MWnameplate
Annual Generation938.3k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor57%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂1.2Mmetric tons

Location

Plant NameFirstenergy Bay Shore
OperatorWalleye Power, Llc
CityOregon
CountyLucas County
StateOhio
ZIP43616
Coordinates41.69170, -83.43780

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

NuclearNatural GasCoalOilWindSolarBiomass

Generators (5)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
4Conventional Steam CoalSubbituminous Coal218 MWRetired1968
1Petroleum CokePC171 MWOperating1955
2Conventional Steam CoalSubbituminous Coal141 MWRetired1959
3Conventional Steam CoalSubbituminous Coal141 MWRetired1963
CTPetroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil16.0 MWOperating1967

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Orca Acquisitions, LlcMorristown, NJ10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂1.2M metric tons
SO₂2.1k metric tons
NOₓ415 metric tons
CO₂ Rate2583 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWhThis plant2,582 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

About Oil plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

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