MOUNTAINEER WIND ENERGY CENTER

Operating

Wind power plant

Capacity: 66 MW
Primary fuel: Wind
County: Tucker County
Operator: AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
Status: Operating
Commissioned: 2002
EIA plant ID: 55986
Generators: 1
Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
Net generation (2024): 66.5 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate): 11%
Data vintage: EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates: 39.1829, -79.5371

MOUNTAINEER WIND ENERGY CENTER, a 66 MW Wind power plant in Tucker County, West Virginia. Operated by AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER, commissioned 2002.

How MOUNTAINEER WIND ENERGY CENTER compares

With 66 MW of capacity, MOUNTAINEER WIND ENERGY CENTER ranks 20th among the 31 operating power plants Bywatts maps in West Virginia and 4th of the 5 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of West Virginia's operating Wind capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 337th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 74% of the 31 operating West Virginia plants with a recorded commissioning year.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 66 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 66.5 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor), down 22% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOUNT STORM (500 kV), about 14.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line, about 1.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 2,205 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MT STORM (1,681 MW, Coal).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology

Weather peril exposure

MOUNTAINEER WIND ENERGY CENTER is a 66 MW wind power plant in Tucker County, WV, operated by AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER, commissioned in 2002. Tucker County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.7 of 5 at the 44th national percentile. Riverine flooding is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 97th percentile.

The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.

2.7 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure

ElevatedExposure band

Riverine floodingLeading peril

Very LowFEMA county risk rating

Tucker County hazard ratings

Peril	FEMA rating	National percentile	Peril score	Events per year
Riverine flooding	Relatively Low	97th	4.9 of 5	1.2
Winter weather	Relatively Low	80th	4.2 of 5	26.5
Hurricane	Very Low	61st	3.5 of 5	0.02
Strong wind	Very Low	56th	3.2 of 5	1.6
Hail	Very Low	54th	3.1 of 5	1.7
Lightning	Very Low	48th	2.9 of 5	41.7
Ice storm	Very Low	32nd	2.3 of 5	0.28
Wildfire	Very Low	31st	2.2 of 5	<0.01
Earthquake	Very Low	26th	2.0 of 5	<0.01
Tornado	Very Low	16th	1.6 of 5	0.06
Heat wave	Very Low	8th	1.3 of 5	0.05

Perils not assessed in Tucker 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 Tucker 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.