Coal Fact for the Day: Making Reliable, Inexpensive Megawatts in West Virginia
February 14, 2024 - The 1,300 MW Pleasants Power Station in Pleasants County, WV generates about 5 million megawatt hours of reliable and inexpensive electricity from 3 million tons of West Virginia coal per year.
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The plant has a total economic impact of $374 million per year and a direct payroll of 161 direct jobs and creates another 226 other jobs throughout the economy for total wages of $54 million dollars.