52nd largest plant in Ohio · 2753rd nationally
Orrville is a natural gas power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 84.5 MW. It generates roughly 10.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,011 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 2757 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (84.5 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 | Orrville |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Orrville - (Oh) |
| City | Orrville |
| County | Wayne County |
| State | Ohio |
| ZIP | 44667 |
| Coordinates | 40.85096, -81.76576 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 25.0 MW | Operating | 1971 |
| 11 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 25.0 MW | Operating | 1971 |
| 9 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 22.0 MW | Operating | 1961 |
| 8 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 7.5 MW | Out of Service | 1955 |
| 7 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 5.0 MW | Out of Service | 1949 |
| CO₂ | 14.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 224 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 29 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 2757 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.