Chestnut Run Energy Natural Gas Electric Plant

planned

Chestnut Run Energy plans to build a large natural gas-powered electric plant in Carroll County, Ohio. The 30-acre facility will be located southeast of Mobile Road NE and Cobbler Road NE on 240 acres of privately owned land in Washington Township, about a mile northeast of the existing Carroll County Energy plant. It will produce about 1,300 megawatts of electricity, enough to power up to 900,000 homes. The plant will use combined-cycle gas turbine technology, involving two state-of-the-art gas turbines each with a heat recovery steam generator and a steam turbine generator. A 2.2-mile transmission line and a six-acre switchyard will be constructed to connect the facility to the regional power system managed by PJM Interconnection. Construction is expected to begin late in 2026, with operations starting in mid-2030, creating about 500 construction jobs and 20 full-time jobs.