160th largest plant in Ohio · 9754th nationally
Morton Salt Rittman is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 2.5 MW. It generates roughly 13.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,326 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 64% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 656 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 (2.5 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 | Morton Salt Rittman |
|---|---|
| Operator | Morton Salt Inc |
| City | Rittman |
| County | Wayne County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 44270 |
| Coordinates | 40.96920, -81.77560 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 1.5 MW | Retired | 1978 |
| CO₂ | 4.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 6 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 656 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.