How big is FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station has a reported capacity of 1,152 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is a Conventional Steam Coal facility in Monongalia County, WV, participating in the PJM market.

Where is FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station located?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is in Monongalia County, WV, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is operated by Monongahela Power Co according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

When did FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station start operating?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station reports a commercial operation date of 1967. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Form 860.

How much electricity does FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station generate?

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station reported 5,648.1 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station compare to other plants?

By capacity, FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station ranks #67 of 206 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #7 of 9 in WV.

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FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station

FirstEnergy Corp. · Monongalia County · PJM

FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is a coal-fired power facility with 1,152 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Monongalia County, West Virginia, registered as EIA Plant ID 3943. Monongahela Power Co owns and operates the plant, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. The plant's generating configuration is two coal-fired conventional steam-coal units with pulverized, supercritical steam turbines.

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Overview

Key fields

Reported capacity: 1,152 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Conventional Steam Coal
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 3943
Monongahela Power Co · Monongalia County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2035.
Commercial operation: 1967
Best-supported operating milestone.
Project financing: $344.475M
On April 11, 2007, MP Environmental Funding LLC issued $344.475 million of senior secured sinking-fund environmental-control bonds in multiple tranches.

Profile

Operating status: FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2035.
Grid role: Regulated utility generation
Physical build: Two pulverized-coal generating units (2 x 550 MW; owner data identifies Unit 1 at 552 MW and Unit 2 at 546 MW). The 2006–2009 retrofit included EPC of a limestone forced-oxidation wet FGD system: two wet FGD absorbers (one per boiler), two limestone milling systems (one per boiler), a gypsum-dewatering system with three horizontal table filters (two operating and one spare), buildings, structural steel, and construction of B&W-supplied equipment. An electrostatic precipitator is also identified, without a stated count.
Financing

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 1,152 MW
Conventional Steam Coal
Commercial operation: 1967
Operating status: operating
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2035.
Retirement: 2035
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2035.
Location

Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	576 MW 552 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Oct 1967	Operating
2	576 MW 546 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Dec 1968	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 1,152 MW
National rank: #67
WV rank: #7

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

5.65 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Apr 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

60.8%

Grid and market context

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Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

UNKNOWN129926

IN SERVICE · 138 kV

0.1 km

FORT MARTIN

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

EPC Agreement

Apr 27, 2007

Monongahela Power Company entered into an agreement effective April 27, 2007, with The Babcock & Wilcox Company for engineering, procurement, and construction services for flue-gas-desulfurization scrubbers at Fort Martin. The agreement was on a cost-reimbursable basis plus an additional fee; no contract value was disclosed in the cited filing.

Monongahela Power Company · The Babcock & Wilcox Company

Source

DOE Funding Award

Feb 11, 2026

Department of Energy announced Fort Martin as one of six coal-plant modernization projects receiving a portion of $175 million aggregate funding. Monongahela Power Company identified as recipient/project participant. A secondary source reports $4,273,703 for Fort Martin coal-handling upgrades, but DOE's official announcement disclosed only the aggregate $175 million program amount, not a project-level amount.

U.S. Department of Energy · Monongahela Power Company

Energy Department Announces $175 Million to Modernize Coal Plants, Keeping Affordable Reliable Power Online for Americans | Department of Energy

Land and environmental record

Associated Solar-Site Land Use

Jan 4, 2024

Approximately 80 acres

FirstEnergy describes an approximately 80-acre Fort Martin solar site with nearly 50,000 panels producing up to 18.9 megawatts. This is a distinct solar installation associated with the Fort Martin location, not the total acreage of the coal station.

West Virginia Enters New Energy Era with Completion of Solar Site

Cooling And Water Management

Monongahela River makeup water; approximately 250,000 gallons per minute through each hyperbolic cooling tower

Station uses two hyperbolic cooling towers. Water pumped from the Monongahela River is mixed with tower water to replace evaporation. FirstEnergy reports landfill leachate is recycled for use in the cooling tower and treated to remove metals and other compounds before release.

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County Appraisal Ownership

Jul 31, 2026

Monongahela Power Company

Monongalia County assessment record identifies Monongahela Power Company as the owner of parcel 31-03-0006-0011-0000, located off Route 53 at 1732 Fort Martin Road, Maidsville, WV 26541.

WV Real Estate Assessment Data

Environmental-Compliance Project

2022

ELG compliance project approved; approximately $142 million capital cost; completion planned by end of 2025

West Virginia PSC approved a multi-year effluent-limitation-guideline project for Fort Martin and Harrison. Fort Martin scope includes modification of bottom-ash removal, new FGD wastewater-handling system, LRTR treatment, denitrifying sand-filter pretreatment, and ultrafiltration polishing. Intended to meet revised ELG deadline of December 31, 2025 and support continued operation beyond 2028.

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Fuel And Environmental Operating Profile

More than 2.8 million tons of coal annually

Owner fact sheet states Fort Martin uses more than 2.8 million tons of coal annually.

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Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

1967
1967
Unit 1 commercial operationSource
Fort Martin Unit 1 entered service with a reported generating capacity of 552 MW.
Oct 1967
Oct 1967

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Monongahela Power Co

Entity 12796

Operating portfolio

5 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

3,234.2 MW

Conventional Steam Coal · Solar Photovoltaic

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station	2,052 MW	WV
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power StationCurrent	1,152 MW	WV
Fort Martin Solar	18.9 MW	WV
Marlowe Solar	5.8 MW	WV
Rivesville Solar	5.5 MW	WV

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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