List of power stations in Virginia

Sources of Virginia utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2025:[1]
  1. Natural gas: 60,696 (56.5%)
  2. Nuclear: 28,214 (26.3%)
  3. Solar: 9,083 (8.45%)
  4. Coal: 3,607 (3.36%)
  5. Biomass: 3,580 (3.33%)
  6. Hydroelectric: 1,237 (1.15%)
  7. Petroleum: 500 (0.47%)
  8. Wind: 50 (0.05%)
  9. Other: 467 (0.43%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2024, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 29.1 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 102,698 GWh.[2] In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 56.5% natural gas, 26.3% nuclear, 8.5% solar, 3.4% coal, 3.3% biomass, 1.2% hydroelectric, and less than 1% from petroleum, wind, and other.[1]

The Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 directs the construction of 16,100 MW of solar power and onshore wind and up to 5,200 MW of offshore wind by 2035, bringing the state's utility-delivered power to 100% renewable energy by 2045.[3] It planned to close all but two coal-fired plants by 2024, with the Virginia City and Clover plants allowed to operate until 2045, though economic conditions may close them earlier.[4]

Virginia electricity generation by type
Virginia power grid

Power stations

NameLocationFuelCapacity (MW)Notes
Altavista Power StationAltavistaBiomass51
Aria Energy Phase I & II Lorton Natural gas 6.4 [5]
Bath County Pumped Storage StationWarm SpringsHydroelectric - pumped-storage3030
Bear Garden Natural gas 559
Bellemeade Power Station[6] Richmond Natural gas, oil 267 Decommissioned[7]
Birchwood Power Partners, L.P. King George Coal 242 Decommissioned
Bremo Power StationBremo BluffNatural gas (converted from coal in 2014)[8]227Decommissioned
Brunswick County Natural gas 1472
Chesapeake Energy CenterChesapeakeCoal717Decommissioned[9][10][11]
Chesterfield Power StationChesterCoal, natural gas1415[12]Coal, decommissioned[13]
Clover Power StationCloverCoal865
Darbytown Natural gas 368
Doswell Natural gas 939
Elizabeth River Natural gas 389
Gordonsville Natural gas 300
I-95 Energy Resource Recovery FacilityLortonWaste incineration95[14][15]
Hopewell Cogeneration Natural gas 399
Hopewell Power StationHopewellBiomass51
John H. Kerr DamBoydtonHydroelectric297
Ladysmith Natural gas 893
Louisa Natural gas 509
Low Moor Power StationLow MoorOil48
Martinsville DamMartinsvilleHydroelectric1.3
Mecklenburg Power StationClarksvilleCoal138Decommissioned
North Anna Nuclear Generating StationMineralUranium1790
Potomac Energy Center (formerly Panda Stonewall Energy Center) Leesburg Natural gas (combined cycle) 778 [16]
Philpott DamBassettHydroelectric7
Pittsylvania Power StationHurtBiomass83Decommissioned
Possum Point Power StationDumfriesNatural gas, oil849[17]
Remington Natural gas 706
Reworld Alexandria/Arlington Waste To Energy FacilityAlexandriaWaste incineration23[18]
Smith Mountain DamSandy LevelHydroelectric - pumped-storage656
Southampton Power StationFranklinBiomass51
Spotsylvania Solar Spotsylvania Solar 617 [19]
Spruance Genco- CogentrixRichmondNatural gas[20]240[21]
Stonewall Natural gas 812
Surry Nuclear Power PlantSurryUranium1678
Virginia City Hybrid Energy CenterWise CountyCoal610
Yorktown Power StationYorktownCoal, oil1141Decommissioned[22]
Warren CountyNatural gas1472
Planned stations
NameLocationFuelCapacity (MW) YearNotes
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Offshore Wind 2,640
Rocky Forge WindBotetourt CountyWind75 2021[23]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Virginia, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–25". www.eia.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  3. ↑ Vogelsong, Sarah (March 6, 2020). "Virginia Clean Economy Act clears General Assembly, aided by beefed-up ratepayer protections". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Vogelsong, Sarah (February 28, 2020). "Senate removes Southwest Va. coal plant from list of Clean Economy Act closures". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ Unknown
  6. ↑ "Bellemeade Power Station". www.dom.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Leonor, Mel (March 25, 2019). "Dominion to retire old, coal-burning power units". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  8. ↑ "Bremo Power Station". dominionenergy.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Chesapeake Energy Center". Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Horne, Chris (March 19, 2015). "Dominion sued over Chesapeake power plant". wavy.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Norfolk District Regulatory Public Notices".
  12. ↑ "Chesterfield Power Station | Dominion Energy". Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dominion shuts down nearly 2,000 MW of coal, oil capacity in Virginia". May 31, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Energy Resource Recovery Facility | Public Works and Environmental Services".
  15. ↑ "Covanta Fairfax, Inc. (CFI) - I-95 Energy/Resource Recovery Facility - 2012 SWANA Waste-to-Energy Excellence Award Nomination" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Panda Power Funds' 778-MW "Stonewall" Power Plant Enters Commercial Operations | Panda Funds Online Newsroom". newsroom.pandafunds.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Possum Point | Natural Gas Power Plant in Dumfries, VA". www.gridinfo.com. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Reworld". October 21, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Spotsylvania Solar Energy Project". www.mortenson.com. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Spruance power station".
  21. ↑ "Projects :: Cogentrix Energy Power Management".
  22. ↑ "PJM - Generator Deactivations". Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Virginia purchases output from Rocky Forge Wind facility". Daily Energy Insider. October 22, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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