How many coal power plants are in PJM?

PJM has 43 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 38 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in PJM?

John E Amos in Putnam County, West Virginia is the largest, at 2,933 MW. It came online in 1973.

How many coal power plants were built in PJM in 2025?

0 coal power plants came online in PJM in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing coal power plants in PJM?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Coal power plants in PJM

PJM has 43 operating coal power plants with 38 GW of capacity.

Operating43

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

PJM had 43 coal power plants online in 2016 and 43 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Coal power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest coal power plants in PJM

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	John E Amos	Putnam County, West Virginia	1973	2,933 MW
2	Rockport	Spencer County, Indiana	1989	2,600 MW
3	Gavin Power, LLC	Gallia County, Ohio	1975	2,600 MW
4	FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station	Harrison County, West Virginia	1974	2,052 MW
5	Conemaugh	Indiana County, Pennsylvania	1971	1,951 MW
6	Cardinal	Jefferson County, Ohio	1977	1,880 MW
7	Keystone	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	1968	1,872 MW
8	Powerton	Tazewell County, Illinois	1975	1,786 MW
9	Mt Storm	Grant County, West Virginia	1973	1,662 MW
10	Mitchell (WV)	Marshall County, West Virginia	1971	1,633 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in PJM

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center	Wise County, Virginia	2012	668 MW
2	Longview Power Plant	Monongalia County, West Virginia	2011	808 MW
3	H L Spurlock	Mason County, Kentucky	2009	1,609 MW
4	Seward (PA)	Indiana County, Pennsylvania	2004	585 MW
5	Clover	Halifax County, Virginia	1996	848 MW
6	Northampton Generating Company LP	Northampton County, Pennsylvania	1995	134 MW
7	Colver Green Energy	Cambria County, Pennsylvania	1995	118 MW
8	Tennessee Eastman Operations	Sullivan County, Tennessee	1994	111 MW
9	Scrubgrass Reclamation CO. LP.	Venango County, Pennsylvania	1993	95 MW
10	Grant Town Power Plant	Marion County, West Virginia	1992	96 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in PJM

How many coal power plants are in PJM?: PJM has 43 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 38 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in PJM?: John E Amos in Putnam County, West Virginia is the largest, at 2,933 MW. It came online in 1973.
How many coal power plants were built in PJM in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in PJM in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in PJM?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.