11th largest plant in West Virginia · 941st nationally
Pleasants Energy Llc is a natural gas power plant in West Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 344 MW. It generates roughly 2.2M MWh per year — enough to power about 209,613 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 73% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1242 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Pleasants Energy Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Pleasants Energy Llc |
| City | St Mary's |
| County | Pleasants County |
| State | West Virginia |
| ZIP | 26170 |
| Coordinates | 39.33250, -81.36420 |
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 | 191 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 191 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luminant Generation Company Llc | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 325 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1242 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.