How big is Woodsdale?

Woodsdale has a reported capacity of 571.8 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Woodsdale?

Woodsdale is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine facility in Butler County, OH, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Woodsdale located?

Woodsdale is in Butler County, OH, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Woodsdale?

Woodsdale is operated by Duke Energy Kentucky Inc according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Woodsdale generate?

Woodsdale reported 441.8 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Woodsdale connect to the grid?

Woodsdale interconnects at Woodsdale Substation, on the Duke Energy Ohio Inc system.

How does Woodsdale compare to other plants?

By capacity, Woodsdale ranks #72 of 825 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #6 of 24 in OH.

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Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbinePJM · Butler County

Woodsdale

Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. · Butler County · PJM

Woodsdale is a natural gas-fired power facility with 571.8 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Butler County, Ohio, registered as EIA Plant ID 7158. Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. is the public owner or developer; Duke Energy Kentucky Inc is the registered plant entity or operator. Woodsdale is a historically distinctive peaking station: an ASME paper described its first block as six indoor simple-cycle combustion turbine-generators in commercial operation, with space reserved for six additional units. The operating plant now has six units totaling 571.8 MW of nameplate capacity.

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Overview

Key fields

Reported capacity: 571.8 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 7158
Duke Energy Kentucky Inc · Butler County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Woodsdale is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for June 21, 2024.
Grid connection: Woodsdale Substation
Duke Energy Ohio Inc

Profile

Operating status: Woodsdale is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for June 21, 2024.
Grid role: Peaking capacity / peakload gas-turbine generation
Grid connection: Woodsdale Substation · Duke Energy Ohio Inc.
Context: Woodsdale is a historically distinctive peaking station: an ASME paper described its first block as six indoor simple-cycle combustion turbine-generators in commercial operation, with space reserved for six additional units. The operating plant now has six units totaling 571.8 MW of nameplate capacity.
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Structured profile

Reported capacity: 571.8 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operating status: operating
Woodsdale is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for June 21, 2024.
Retirement: June 21, 2024
Woodsdale is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for June 21, 2024.
Interconnection: Woodsdale Substation
Duke Energy Ohio Inc

Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
GT1	95.3 MW 78 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 1993	Operating
GT2	95.3 MW 80 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jul 1992	Operating
GT3	95.3 MW 80 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 1992	Operating
GT4	95.3 MW

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 571.8 MW
National rank: #72
OH rank: #6

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

441.8 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Apr 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2024 capacity factor

7.4%

Grid and market context

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Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

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IN SERVICE · 345 kV

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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

O&M Agreement Approval

Date not disclosed

The Kentucky PSC approved a proposed Gas and Propane Services Agreement under which The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company would provide operation and maintenance services for gas and propane facilities at Woodsdale to The Union Light, Heat and Power Company at CG&E's fully distributed costs. No agreement duration, dollar amount, or contracted capacity was disclosed in the retrieved record.

The Union Light, Heat and Power Company · The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company

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Land and environmental record

Emissions Limit

Feb 3, 2022

SO2 limit: 0.5 lb/MMBtu actual heat input for combustion turbines CT1-CT6

Ohio Administrative Code Rule 3745-18-15 applies to Woodsdale premise 1409120656 and limits sulfur-dioxide emissions from combustion turbines 1 through 6, source numbers B001-B006, to 0.5 pounds per million Btu actual heat input per turbine.

Rule 3745-18-15 - Ohio Administrative Code | Ohio Laws

Fuel And Water Supply

2019

Natural gas supplied through Texas Eastern Transmission Company and Texas Gas Transmission Company; dual-fuel ULSD capability installed in 2019

The Woodsdale application identifies natural gas as the primary fuel and names Texas Eastern and Texas Gas as the two gas transmission companies supplying the station. Duke Energy Kentucky's 2024 IRP states that a low-sulfur-diesel dual-fuel system was installed on the Woodsdale CTs in 2019.

Source

Parcel And Landowner Record

Jan 2020

Parcel E2310-008-000-015; titled owner Union Light Heat & Power Co.; Duke Energy Kentucky property-tax division

A Butler County tax-bill record reproduced in a Kentucky PSC filing identifies parcel E2310-008-000-015 at 2100 Woodsdale Road, with Union Light Heat & Power Co. as the owner name and Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. Property Tax Division as the mailing/tax contact. The record does not establish ownership percentages or whether this is the entire generating-station footprint.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

May 1992
May 1992
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GT3, generator GT5, generator GT6 with this operating date.
Jul 1992
Jul 1992
Generators enter operation

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Duke Energy Kentucky Inc

Entity 55729

Operating portfolio

6 plants

2 states

Reported capacity

1,352.5 MW

Conventional Steam Coal · Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine · Solar Photovoltaic

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
East Bend	772 MW	KY
WoodsdaleCurrent	571.8 MW	OH
Crittenden Solar Facility	2.7 MW	KY
Walton 1 Solar Facility	2 MW	KY
Aero Solar Facility	2 MW	KY
Walton 2 Solar Facility	2 MW	KY

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

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