Fries Hydroelectric Project
Hydro power plant · Grayson County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Virginia
#178
of 261 plants
In service since
1933
January 1933
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Central Rivers Power US, LLC
- County
- Grayson County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Virginia
- #12 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 10798
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.0 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1933 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1933 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 1933 | 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
| Danville | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Monterey Diesel Generation Facility | Other | 6.0 MW |
| New River | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Cunningham Solar LLC | Solar | 5.0 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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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