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04/02/2025
Avangrid Delivers First Energy from Powell Creek Solar Project to Ohio Grid, Supporting Putnam County with Jobs and Investment
Avangrid Delivers First Energy from Powell Creek Solar Project to Ohio Grid, Supporting Putnam County with Jobs and Investment
PUTNAM COUNTY, Ohio — April 2, 2025 — Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced that its Powell Creek solar project in Putnam County, Ohio, has begun to export energy onto the local electric grid. This represents new energy generation to support growing demand in Ohio and the rest of the region. Avangrid continues with commissioning activities and other related work ahead of commercial operation, which is expected later this year.
“Powell Creek is an important, utility-scale solar project that will contribute to Northwest Ohio’s economy and energy independence,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “This project is coming online as energy demand continues to rise across the country, partly due to the growth of manufacturing, electrification, and data centers. When we add new sources of energy onto the grid, like Powell Creek, we’re creating a more robust and reliable electricity infrastructure to benefit the local community, region, and state.”
Powell Creek has a capacity of 150 MWac (202 MWdc), and its 300,000 solar panels will generate enough energy to power the equivalent of about 30,000 homes each year. The project has supported about 500 jobs during construction, most of them being local union workers from the region. Powell Creek sits on land leased directly from landowners.
The project will directly support the community through property tax and landowner payments. It is estimated to contribute over $31 million to local taxing jurisdictions over its life, supporting a variety of public services, including education.
This is Avangrid’s second project in Ohio. Avangrid built its Blue Creek project in 2012, which has a capacity of 304 MW and generates enough power for about 76,000 homes each year.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England and in 2024. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
