It is a major coal-fired electrical power station, supplemented with a small oil-fired facility.

A cooling tower was commissioned in the 1970s by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (CG&E), a forerunner of Duke Energy, in order to meet pollution control mandates set by the State of Ohio.

In August 2014, Duke Energy sold its stake in both the coal and oil facilities to Dynegy.

[6] With its oldest unit dating back to late 1940s, the plant was ranked 36th on the United States list of dirtiest power plants in terms of sulphur dioxide emissions per megawatt-hour of electrical energy produced in 2006.

[citation needed] In September 2020, Vistra announced its plans to retire the power station by year-end 2027 or earlier.