ORRVILLE
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 85 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Wayne County
- Operator
- CITY OF ORRVILLE - (OH)
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1949
- EIA plant ID
- 2935
- Generators
- 5
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Net generation (2024)
- 19.6 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 2.6%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 40.8504, -81.7658
ORRVILLE, an 85 MW Coal power plant in Wayne County, Ohio. Operated by CITY OF ORRVILLE - (OH), commissioned 1949.
How ORRVILLE compares
With 85 MW of capacity, ORRVILLE ranks 29th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 7th of the 14 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.1% of Ohio's operating Coal capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 245th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1949, it is older than 93% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Wayne County with 2 other operating plants, ORRVILLE PEAKING and MORTON SALT RITTMAN.
EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 85 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 19.6 GWh in 2024 (a 2.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1949 and 1971.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 12 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ORRVILLE PEAKING (5 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Fusion - Cleveland in Cleveland, about 45.2 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
Weather peril exposure
ORRVILLE is an 85 MW coal power plant in Wayne County, OH, operated by CITY OF ORRVILLE - (OH), commissioned in 1949. Wayne County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.6 of 5 at the 66th national percentile. Winter weather is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 76th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a coal plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Wayne County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 76th | 4.0 of 5 | 9.9 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 73rd | 3.9 of 5 | 4.1 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 69th | 3.8 of 5 | 0.48 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 63rd | 3.5 of 5 | 2.3 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 52nd | 3.1 of 5 | 2.3 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 49th | 3.0 of 5 | 0.26 |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 38th | 2.5 of 5 | 40.6 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 31st | 2.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 31st | 2.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 11th | 1.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 8th | 1.3 of 5 | 0.93 |
Perils not assessed in Wayne County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Wayne County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.