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Appalachian Power Co — power plant portfolio

Appalachian Power Co operates 18 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 6,656 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 4,870,115 t CO₂/yr.

18power plants
6,656MW total capacity
2countries
4,870,115t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 9 plants9HydroCoal: 5 plants5CoalGas: 3 plants3GasStorage: 1 plants1Storage

Fleet interpretation

Appalachian Power Co is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (18), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (9), coal (5), gas (3), storage (1). The largest listed asset is John E Amos in United States of America (2,933 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 475 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 1 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 1 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 18 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
John E AmosCoalUnited States of America2,933
MountaineerCoalUnited States of America1,3004,870,115
Philip SpornCoalUnited States of America1,106
Dresden Energy FacilityGasUnited States of America678
Smith MountainHydroUnited States of America548
Ceredo Generating StationGasUnited States of America522
Clinch RiverGasUnited States of America475
Kanawha RiverCoalUnited States of America439
Glen LynCoalUnited States of America338
ClaytorHydroUnited States of America75
LeesvilleHydroUnited States of America40
WinfieldHydroUnited States of America24
Byllesby 2HydroUnited States of America22
LondonHydroUnited States of America14
MarmetHydroUnited States of America14
Buck HydroHydroUnited States of America8
NiagaraHydroUnited States of America4
AEP Milton NaSStorageUnited States of America2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Appalachian Power Co operate?

Appalachian Power Co operates 18 power plants across 2 countries, with about 6,656 MW of total capacity.

What is Appalachian Power Co's largest power plant?

John E Amos in United States of America is its largest at about 2,933 MW.

What types of power plants does Appalachian Power Co run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (9), coal (5), gas (3).

How much CO₂ do Appalachian Power Co's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 4,870,115 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology