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.