YANKEE STREET

Operating

Natural Gas power plant

Capacity
127 MW
Primary fuel
Natural Gas
County
Montgomery County
Operator
DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO
Status
Operating
Commissioned
1969
EIA plant ID
2854
Generators
8
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Net generation (2024)
23.2 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
2.1%
Data vintage
EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates
39.6032, -84.2048

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YANKEE STREET, a 127 MW Natural Gas power plant in Montgomery County, Ohio. Operated by DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO, commissioned 1969.

How YANKEE STREET compares

With 127 MW of capacity, YANKEE STREET ranks 27th among the 102 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Ohio and 16th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Ohio's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 632nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1969, it is older than 80% of the 99 operating Ohio plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO, runs 4 operating plants in Ohio totaling 458 MW. It shares Montgomery County with 3 other operating plants, including TAIT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION and FRANK M TAIT.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 127 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 23.2 GWh in 2024 (a 2.1% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1969 and 2010.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO, about 1.2 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 2,127 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 Lebanon in Lebanon, about 14.8 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

YANKEE STREET is a 127 MW natural gas power plant in Montgomery County, OH, operated by DAYTON POWER & LIGHT CO, commissioned in 1969. Montgomery County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.7 of 5 at the 41st national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 86th 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.

2.7 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure
ElevatedExposure band
Heat waveLeading peril
Relatively ModerateFEMA county risk rating

Montgomery County hazard ratings

PerilFEMA ratingNational percentilePeril scoreEvents per year
Heat waveRelatively Moderate86th4.5 of 55.1
Ice stormVery High68th3.7 of 51.1
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate59th3.3 of 5<0.01
HailRelatively High55th3.2 of 53.5
Strong windRelatively High55th3.2 of 52.4
Winter weatherRelatively High48th2.9 of 511.3
Riverine floodingRelatively High35th2.4 of 52.4
TornadoRelatively High27th2.1 of 50.31
LightningRelatively High16th1.6 of 546.9
HurricaneVery Low16th1.6 of 5<0.01
WildfireVery Low5th1.2 of 5<0.01

Perils not assessed in Montgomery 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.

PerilWhy it is not scored
Coastal floodingFEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county

Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Montgomery 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.