Halifax (VA)
Hydro power plant · Halifax County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Virginia
#247
of 261 plants
In service since
2015
January 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Banister Hydro LP
- County
- Halifax County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Virginia
- #19 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 50178
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2015 | 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
| Salem Street Dept | Other | 1.8 MW |
| Water Treatment Plant Generators | Other | 1.8 MW |
| Luray Hydro Station | Hydro | 1.6 MW |
| Coleman Falls | Hydro | 1.5 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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