Ohio Natural Gas Fired Power Plants

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This article over at Energy In Depth shows that Ohio will eventually be powered entirely by natural gas.  There are seven natural gas-fired power plants either under construction or in the planning stages.  Once they are complete, they will create 6,458 megawatts of electricity, enough for 5.85 million homes.  Ohio has 4.5 million homes.  Ohio will be sharing electricity with surrounding areas through the grid, of course.

West Virginia is a net producer of electricity, but it’s all coal-fired.  We have several gas-fired plants in the works, with one in particular up in Moundsville, WV that will be the first to come online.  Last we heard they were hoping to start construction on it this spring, but that was last fall and there doesn’t seem to be any activity at this time.