Holcomb Rock
Hydro power plant · Lynchburg City County, Virginia · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Holcomb Rock Company
- County
- Lynchburg City County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Virginia
- #18 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 56314
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.6 MW | 0.2 MW | 2020 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| HG2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.6 MW | 0.2 MW | 2020 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| HG3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.6 MW | 0.2 MW | 2020 | 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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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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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