DICKS CREEK

How DICKS CREEK compares

With 159 MW of capacity, DICKS CREEK ranks 24th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 15th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.7% of Ohio's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 594th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1965, it is older than 86% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DUKE ENERGY COMMERCIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, runs 3 operating plants in Ohio totaling 2,162 MW. It shares Butler County with 6 other operating plants, including MADISON and WOODSDALE.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 159 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 8.7 GWh in 2024 (a 0.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1965 and 1969.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 2,147 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MADISON (683 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 7 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne Lebanon in Lebanon, about 9.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology