Madison

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility692 MW capacity

18th largest plant in Ohio · 508th nationally

Madison is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 692 MW. It generates roughly 928.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 88,390 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 15% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1506 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%15%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity692 MWnameplate
Annual Generation928.1k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor15%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂698.7kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameMadison
OperatorDuke Energy Indiana, Llc
CityTrenton
CountyButler County
StateOhio
ZIP45067
Coordinates39.45220, -84.46470

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

Natural GasCoalOilHydroelectricSolar

Generators (8)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT5Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT6Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT7Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000
CT8Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas86.5 MWOperating2000

Emissions (annual)

CO₂698.7k metric tons
SO₂4 metric tons
NOₓ192 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1506 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,505 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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 Natural Gas plants

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.

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