Belleville Hydroelectric Project

Belleville Hydroelectric Plant — OMEGA JV5

The Belleville plant diverts water from the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Belleville Locks and Dam, located near Belleville, West Virginia, southwest of Marietta, Ohio. The Belleville Hydroelectric Plant is on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River, on the opposite shore of the locks.

The plant reached full commercial operation in 1999.

The Belleville Hydroelectric Plant was constructed after the formation in 1993 of the Ohio Municipal Electric Generation Agency Joint Venture 5 (OMEGA JV5). This cooperative project, composed of 42 American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) Member communities, was formed using state authority that permitted joint ventures of two or more municipalities. In addition to the Belleville Hydroelectric Plant, the joint venture also consists of approximately 26.5 miles of 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission facilities. AMP developed and operates the project on behalf of OMEGA JV5 participants.

Belleville by the Numbers

Our Hydroelectric Facilities

*Note that AMP, on behalf of its Members, sells all or a portion of the renewable energy certificates created by its renewable energy projects, power purchase agreements and joint ventures to help reduce its wholesale power costs.