DEVELOPMENT FACTS
Key Facts
Developer
Caithness Energy, LLC and Apex Power Group, LLC
Location
Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Capacity
1,875 MW (net)
COD
Spring 2023
Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Technology
GE 7HA.02 combustion turbines
Capacity Region
PJM RTO
Cooling
Dry (Air) Cooled
EPC Contractor
Gemma Power Systems
Configuration
Three 1×1 single shaft power trains
Gas Interconnection
Rockies Express Gas Pipeline (on-site)
Electric Interconnection
AEP 765kV line (on-site)
Guernsey Power Station is located in the heart of Ohio’s shale gas development area. The plant has direct access to an abundant, stable supply of clean-burning natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays. The plant also has direct access to existing overhead electrical transmission lines.
Guernsey Power Station provides its power to the PJM market. PJM is a Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.