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Coal power plants in the United States

468 coal power plants across 47 states — capacity, location, and planned additions, from EIA data.

Development pipeline — planned & under construction

No mapped locations
Planned + under construction
No planned capacity in this horizon

Top states by capacity — capacity · plants

Texas26 GW · 21
Ohio25 GW · 32
Indiana23 GW · 22
Pennsylvania21 GW · 36
Kentucky19 GW · 18
Illinois19 GW · 27
West Virginia16 GW · 19
Alabama14 GW · 6
Missouri13 GW · 18
Georgia13 GW · 11

All states

Pennsylvania3620.8 GWOhio3224.7 GWIllinois2719 GWMichigan2613 GWIndiana2222.6 GWTexas2126 GWWest Virginia1916.1 GWMissouri1813.4 GWKentucky1819.3 GWNorth Carolina189.4 GWWisconsin158.6 GWIowa146.5 GWVirginia135.6 GWMinnesota125.6 GWColorado125.6 GWWyoming124.1 GWGeorgia1113.4 GWNew York113.4 GWNorth Dakota94.2 GWMaryland85.1 GWSouth Carolina86.6 GWNebraska84.3 GWFlorida87.9 GWTennessee811.1 GWCalifornia7361 MWUtah73.5 GWMontana72.8 GWAlabama614.4 GWKansas65.3 GWArkansas55.5 GWAlaska5225 MWArizona56.2 GWOklahoma44.3 GWLouisiana34.2 GWNew Jersey31.3 GWMassachusetts31.9 GWNew Mexico34.4 GWNevada32.9 GWOregon2656 MWConnecticut21.4 GWMississippi22.7 GWNew Hampshire2668 MWHawaii2227 MWWashington21.8 GWDelaware1804 MWSouth Dakota1451 MWPuerto Rico1510 MW

Largest coal plants

Homer City Generating Station
Coal · Homer City, Pennsylvania · Retired
6,408 MW
Paradise
Coal · Drakesboro, Kentucky · Retired
4,412 MW
Cumberland (TN)
Coal · Cumberland City, Tennessee · Operating
4,156 MW
W A Parish
Coal · Thompsons, Texas · Operating
4,008 MW
Barry
Coal · Bucks, Alabama · Operating
3,616 MW
Johnsonville
Coal · New Johnsonville, Tennessee · Retired
3,569 MW
Scherer
Coal · Juliette, Georgia · Operating
3,564 MW
Bowen
Coal · Cartersville, Georgia · Operating
3,540 MW
Gibson
Coal · Owensville, Indiana · Operating
3,340 MW
Monroe (MI)
Coal · Monroe, Michigan · Operating
3,293 MW
John E Amos
Coal · St Albans, West Virginia · Operating
2,933 MW
James H Miller Jr
Coal · Quinton, Alabama · Operating
2,822 MW
FirstEnergy Bruce Mansfield
Coal · Pennsylvania · Retired
2,741 MW
R M Schahfer
Coal · Wheatfield, Indiana · Retired
2,650 MW
Seminole (FL)
Coal · Palatka, Florida · Operating
2,612 MW
Rockport
Coal · Rockport, Indiana · Operating
2,600 MW
Gavin Power, LLC
Coal · Cheshire, Ohio · Operating
2,600 MW
Trimble County
Coal · Bedford, Kentucky · Operating
2,594 MW
Roxboro
Coal · Semora, North Carolina · Operating
2,575 MW
Colbert
Coal · Tuscumbia, Alabama · Retired
2,520 MW
Sherburne County
Coal · Becker, Minnesota · Operating
2,469 MW
W H Sammis
Coal · Ohio · Retired
2,468 MW
J M Stuart
Coal · Ohio · Retired
2,452 MW
Cross
Coal · Cross, South Carolina · Operating
2,452 MW
South Oak Creek
Coal · Oak Creek, Wisconsin · Operating
2,441 MW

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)