Elizabeth River Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Chesapeake City County, Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Chesapeake City County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.23%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #17 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 52087
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 130 MW | 109 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 130 MW | 107 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 130 MW | 109 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Commonwealth Chesapeake | Other | 403 MW |
| Hopewell Cogeneration | Natural gas | 399 MW |
| Darbytown | Natural gas | 368 MW |
| Gordonsville Energy LP | Natural gas | 300 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 389 MW solar plant and a 389 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