Nameplate capacity
848 MW
Rank in Virginia
#10
of 261 plants
In service since
1995
October 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Halifax County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 2.69%
- Rank among coal plants in Virginia
- #1 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 7213
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 424 MW | 440 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 424 MW | 437 MW | 1996 | 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
| Tenaska Virginia Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,011 MW |
| Ladysmith | Natural gas | 893 MW |
| Potomac Energy Center, LLC | Natural gas | 812 MW |
| Possum Point | Natural gas | 709 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 848 MW solar plant and a 848 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