Darbytown
Natural gas power plant · Henrico County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
368 MW
Rank in Virginia
#25
of 261 plants
In service since
1990
April 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Henrico County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.17%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #18 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 7212
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 92 MW | 85 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 92 MW | 85 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 92 MW | 85 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 92 MW | 85 MW | 1990 | 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
| Hopewell Cogeneration | Natural gas | 399 MW |
| Elizabeth River Power Station | Natural gas | 389 MW |
| Gordonsville Energy LP | Natural gas | 300 MW |
| John H Kerr | Hydro | 297 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 368 MW solar plant and a 368 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