RICHLAND
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 450 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Defiance County
- Operator
- RICHLAND-STRYKER GENERATION LLC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1965
- EIA plant ID
- 2880
- Generators
- 6
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 327 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 8.3%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 41.3053, -84.3361
RICHLAND, a 450 MW Natural Gas power plant in Defiance County, Ohio. Operated by RICHLAND-STRYKER GENERATION LLC, commissioned 1965.
How RICHLAND compares
With 450 MW of capacity, RICHLAND ranks 19th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 11th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.8% of Ohio's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 351st-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, RICHLAND-STRYKER GENERATION LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Ohio totaling 469 MW. It shares Defiance County with one other operating plant, AUGLAIZE HYDRO.
EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 450 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 327 GWh in 2024 (an 8.3% capacity factor), up 20% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1965 and 2001.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 163 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NAPOLEON PEAKING STATION (50 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, INdigital in Fort Wayne, about 47.0 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
RICHLAND is a 450 MW natural gas power plant in Defiance County, OH, operated by RICHLAND-STRYKER GENERATION LLC, commissioned in 1965. Defiance County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.6 of 5 at the 66th national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Very Low by FEMA at the 85th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Defiance County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat wave | Very Low | 85th | 4.4 of 5 | 4.3 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 79th | 4.2 of 5 | 0.50 |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | 78th | 4.1 of 5 | 0.22 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 72nd | 3.9 of 5 | 3.4 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Low | 65th | 3.6 of 5 | 1.4 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 56th | 3.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Low | 43rd | 2.7 of 5 | 10.0 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 41st | 2.6 of 5 | 4.4 |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | 30th | 2.2 of 5 | 39.2 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 21st | 1.8 of 5 | 0.01 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 1st | 1.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Defiance 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 Defiance 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.