Parent companies

U.S. power plant parent companies

35 major parent companies rolled up from the utility and operator names reported to EIA, covering 2,381 plants and 634.10 GW of nameplate capacity. Each profile links to the underlying operating subsidiaries.

These are curated groupings of EIA-reported operators, assembled by GridAlmanac from public corporate-ownership records. For the full, uncurated list of every reported operator, see the operator directory.

Companies by capacity

CompanySubsidiariesPlantsCapacityTop fuelStates
Duke Energy714966.35 GWNatural Gas6
Southern Company414360.90 GWNatural Gas15
NextEra Energy4624652.97 GWNatural Gas25
Vistra144638.44 GWCoal6
Entergy75938.20 GWNatural Gas5
Constellation Energy64637.83 GWNuclear8
Dominion Energy512737.20 GWNatural Gas8
Berkshire Hathaway Energy516536.94 GWNatural Gas13
American Electric Power89330.23 GWCoal21
NRG Energy255029.65 GWNatural Gas13
Xcel Energy310525.98 GWNatural Gas8
AES Corporation1529517.30 GWSolar28
DTE Energy96215.31 GWCoal6
Evergy44113.76 GWCoal3
Ameren23212.74 GWCoal3
Invenergy16812.49 GWWind23
Alliant Energy27812.07 GWNatural Gas3
CMS Energy34311.63 GWNatural Gas2
WEC Energy Group38211.04 GWCoal3
Calpine173310.62 GWNatural Gas9
Avangrid2789.15 GWWind23
Talen Energy4138.13 GWNatural Gas2
Edison International1747.03 GWNuclear2
Tenaska666.06 GWNatural Gas5
Engie7535.87 GWStorage11
Public Service Enterprise Group344.51 GWNuclear2
Terra-Gen6594.38 GWSolar3
National Grid2154.05 GWNatural Gas1
FirstEnergy193.84 GWCoal1
Enel6312.76 GWWind7
Ørsted242.14 GWWind3
Longroad Energy18181.47 GWWind6
Consolidated Edison291.10 GWNatural Gas1
Clearway Energy291.04 GWSolar3
Brookfield Renewable536923.7 MWHydroelectric5