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Coal power plants in the United States

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

Development pipeline — planned & under construction

No mapped locations
Planned pipeline — new additions by fuel type
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

Cumberland (TN)
Coal · Cumberland City, Tennessee · Operating · COD 1973
4,156 MW
W A Parish
Coal · Thompsons, Texas · Operating · COD 1958
4,008 MW
Barry
Coal · Bucks, Alabama · Operating · COD 1954
3,616 MW
Scherer
Coal · Juliette, Georgia · Operating · COD 1982
3,564 MW
Bowen
Coal · Cartersville, Georgia · Operating · COD 1971
3,540 MW
Gibson
Coal · Owensville, Indiana · Operating · COD 1975
3,340 MW
Monroe (MI)
Coal · Monroe, Michigan · Operating · COD 1969
3,293 MW
John E Amos
Coal · St Albans, West Virginia · Operating · COD 1971
2,933 MW
James H Miller Jr
Coal · Quinton, Alabama · Operating · COD 1978
2,822 MW
Seminole (FL)
Coal · Palatka, Florida · Operating · COD 1984
2,612 MW
Gavin Power, LLC
Coal · Cheshire, Ohio · Operating · COD 1974
2,600 MW
Rockport
Coal · Rockport, Indiana · Operating · COD 1984
2,600 MW
Trimble County
Coal · Bedford, Kentucky · Operating · COD 1990
2,594 MW
Roxboro
Coal · Semora, North Carolina · Operating · COD 1966
2,575 MW
Sherburne County
Coal · Becker, Minnesota · Operating · COD 1976
2,469 MW
Cross
Coal · Cross, South Carolina · Operating · COD 1984
2,452 MW
South Oak Creek
Coal · Oak Creek, Wisconsin · Operating · COD 1965
2,441 MW
Labadie
Coal · Labadie, Missouri · Operating · COD 1970
2,389 MW
Martin Lake
Coal · Tatum, Texas · Operating · COD 1977
2,380 MW
Colstrip
Coal · Colstrip, Montana · Operating · COD 1984
2,363 MW
GREC
Coal · Chouteau, Oklahoma · Operating · COD 1985
2,328 MW
Four Corners
Coal · Fruitland, New Mexico · Operating · COD 1969
2,270 MW
Victor J Daniel Jr
Coal · Escatawpa, Mississippi · Operating · COD 1977
2,229 MW
Ghent
Coal · Ghent, Kentucky · Operating · COD 1974
2,226 MW
Jeffrey Energy Center
Coal · St. Mary's, Kansas · Operating · COD 1978
2,160 MW

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