PERRY

How PERRY compares

With 1,312 MW of capacity, PERRY ranks 4th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and is the largest of the 2 operating Nuclear plants in the state. It accounts for about 59% of Ohio's operating Nuclear capacity and 6.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 33rd-largest of the 55 operating Nuclear plants in the database. Commissioned in 1987, it is older than 67% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY, runs 2 operating plants in Ohio totaling 2,237 MW. It shares Lake County with one other operating plant, PAINESVILLE.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 1,312 MW of nameplate capacity, all nuclear technology. Net generation was 10,579 GWh in 2024 (a 92% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 84 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PAINESVILLE (56 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Fusion - Cleveland in Cleveland, about 34.6 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