Coal Fact for the Day: Manufacturing Megawatts in Mason County, WV
February 11, 2024 - Since 1980, the 1,300 MW Mountaineer Power Plant in Mason County, West Virginia, has been supplying cheap and dependable electric power to the Mountain State.
From its single coal-fired unit, the plant cranks out about 8 million megawatt hours of electricity a year from 4 million tons of West Virginia coal.
With 299 direct employees and another 677 indirect jobs, the plant’s total payroll is $83 million annually. The plant’s total economic footprint in the state comes in at just over$619 million a year, not counting the collection of $11.5 million in state and local taxes associated with the plant.
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