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Cardinal Power Plant

Jefferson County, United States

The 430th largest power station in the world

1.88 GW · Capacity

Cardinal Power Plant is a 1.8-gigawatt (1, 800 MW) coal power plant located south of Brilliant, Ohio, in Jefferson County, Ohio. The power plant has three units. Cardinal is co-owned with Unit 1 owned by American Electric Power's (AEP) subsidiary, AEP Generation Resources. Units 2–3 are owned by Buckeye Power, a utility cooperative. It began operations in 1967.

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