Gordonsville Energy LP
Natural gas power plant · Louisa County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
300 MW
Rank in Virginia
#26
of 261 plants
In service since
1994
March 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Louisa County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.95%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #19 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 54844
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOR1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 97 MW | 66 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GOR2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 97 MW | 65 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GOR3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 53 MW | 44 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GOR4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 53 MW | 44 MW | 1994 | 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
| Elizabeth River Power Station | Natural gas | 389 MW |
| Darbytown | Natural gas | 368 MW |
| John H Kerr | Hydro | 297 MW |
| Wolf Hills Energy | Natural gas | 285 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 300 MW solar plant and a 300 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