WOODSDALE
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 490 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Butler County
- Operator
- DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY INC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1992
- EIA plant ID
- 7158
- Generators
- 6
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 371 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 7.4%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 39.4492, -84.4611
WOODSDALE, a 490 MW Natural Gas power plant in Butler County, Ohio. Operated by DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY INC, commissioned 1992.
How WOODSDALE compares
With 490 MW of capacity, WOODSDALE ranks 18th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 10th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.2% of Ohio's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 340th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1992, it is older than 64% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Butler County with 6 other operating plants, including MADISON and DICKS CREEK.
EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 572 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 490 MW). Net generation was 371 GWh in 2024 (a 7.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1992 and 1993.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 1,803 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MADISON (683 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 7 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne Hamilton in Hamilton, about 7.1 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
WOODSDALE is a 490 MW natural gas power plant in Butler County, OH, operated by DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY INC, commissioned in 1992. Butler County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.1 of 5 at the 29th national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 89th 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.
Butler County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat wave | Relatively Moderate | 89th | 4.5 of 5 | 6.2 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 85th | 4.4 of 5 | 0.33 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 59th | 3.4 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 58th | 3.3 of 5 | 2.8 |
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 57th | 3.3 of 5 | 11.5 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 38th | 2.5 of 5 | 2.6 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 38th | 2.5 of 5 | 3.6 |
| Lightning | Relatively High | 17th | 1.7 of 5 | 48.9 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 15th | 1.6 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 5th | 1.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Butler 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 Butler 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.