FIRSTENERGY WEST LORAIN

How FIRSTENERGY WEST LORAIN compares

With 556 MW of capacity, FIRSTENERGY WEST LORAIN ranks 17th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 9th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.9% of Ohio's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 293rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is older than 74% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, FIRSTENERGY GENERATION CORP, runs 2 operating plants in Ohio totaling 712 MW. It shares Lorain County with 3 other operating plants, including OBERLIN and OBERLIN SPEAR POINT SOLAR ONE.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 556 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 1,702 GWh in 2024 (a 35% capacity factor), about 2.8 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1973 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 25 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is OBERLIN (21 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Fusion - Cleveland in Cleveland, about 30.6 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