PAINESVILLE
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 56 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Lake County
- Operator
- CITY OF PAINESVILLE
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1949
- EIA plant ID
- 2936
- Generators
- 5
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Net generation (2024)
- 1 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 0.2%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 41.7265, -81.2540
PAINESVILLE, a 56 MW Coal power plant in Lake County, Ohio. Operated by CITY OF PAINESVILLE, commissioned 1949.
How PAINESVILLE compares
With 56 MW of capacity, PAINESVILLE ranks 34th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 9th of the 14 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of Ohio's operating Coal capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 263rd-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 Lake County with one other operating plant, PERRY.
EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 56 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1949 and 2010.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by AMERICAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC., about 0.5 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 1,342 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PERRY (1,312 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Fusion - Cleveland in Cleveland, about 27.0 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
PAINESVILLE is a 56 MW coal power plant in Lake County, OH, operated by CITY OF PAINESVILLE, commissioned in 1949. Lake County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.0 of 5 at the 25th national percentile. Winter weather is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 84th 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.
Lake County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 84th | 4.4 of 5 | 23.8 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 77th | 4.1 of 5 | 1.3 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 55th | 3.2 of 5 | 1.5 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Moderate | 46th | 2.9 of 5 | 0.98 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 42nd | 2.7 of 5 | 2.7 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 32nd | 2.3 of 5 | 0.23 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Coastal flooding | Very Low | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | 0.02 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 24th | 2.0 of 5 | 0.02 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 19th | 1.8 of 5 | 1.4 |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 7th | 1.3 of 5 | 38.0 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 7th | 1.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Lake 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.