Nameplate capacity
8.4 MW
Rank in Virginia
#167
of 261 plants
In service since
2012
January 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Appalachian Power Co
- County
- Carroll County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Virginia
- #10 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 3772
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.8 MW | 3.0 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.8 MW | 3.0 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.8 MW | 3.0 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Virginia
| Martinsville BESS | Battery storage | 10 MW |
| Hecate Energy Clarke County LLC | Solar | 10 MW |
| Georgia-Pacific Big Island | Natural gas | 7.9 MW |
| Cushaw | Hydro | 7.5 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 8.4 MW solar plant and a 8.4 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Virginia power plants · What Virginia actually generates