Electric Avenue Facility
Other power plant · Culpeper County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
6.9 MW
Rank in Virginia
#170
of 261 plants
In service since
1997
February 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Town of Culpeper- (VA)
- County
- Culpeper County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Virginia
- #27 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 56367
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 1997 | 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
| Georgia-Pacific Big Island | Natural gas | 7.9 MW |
| Cushaw | Hydro | 7.5 MW |
| Richmond Energy | Other | 6.4 MW |
| VMEA Peaking Gen | Other | 6.4 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 6.9 MW solar plant and a 6.9 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