Perry

OperatingNuclear

Ranked #1 of 2 Nuclear plants in OH#35 of 57 nationally

1311.6 MW Nuclear operating in Lake, OH — PJM Interconnection, LLC

EIAGEMWD

1,311.6 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Nuclear

Technology

1987

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

41.8006, -81.1439

County

Lake, OH

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC	First Energy Nuclear Operating	FirstEnergy
Owner(s)	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC	Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

ApplicantVistraNucNet · 2025-07-09

About

The Perry Nuclear Power Plant is located on a 1,100 acres (450 ha) site on Lake Erie, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Cleveland in North Perry, Ohio, US. The nuclear power plant is owned and operated by Vistra Corporation.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Perry plant is a 1311.6 MW nuclear power plant located in Lake County, Ohio. It began operating in 1987 and is currently operated by Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC. The plant utilizes a single nuclear generator. Perry is the largest of two nuclear plants in Ohio, and ranks 34th out of 55 nuclear plants nationally.

The plant operates within the PJM Interconnection, LLC balancing authority, which is part of the RFC NERC region. In the most recent year with available data, Perry generated 9,349,983 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 81.4%.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources