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Coleman Falls

Hydro power plant · Bedford County, Virginia · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
1.5 MW
Rank in Virginia
#249
of 261 plants
In service since
1983
June 1983

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Holcomb Rock Company
County
Bedford County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in Virginia
#21 of 24
EIA plant code
56313

Generating units

Individual generating units at Coleman Falls
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CGH2Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1983Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
CGH3Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1983Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
CHG1Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1983Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 1.5 MW solar plant and a 1.5 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