Nameplate capacity
14 MW
Rank in Virginia
#147
of 261 plants
In service since
1982
June 1982
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Merck & Co Inc
- County
- Rockingham County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #26 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 52148
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 7.2 MW | 6.0 MW | 1982 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| GEN8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| GEN6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1982 | Out 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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| Charles City | Other | 14 MW |
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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 14 MW solar plant and a 14 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