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Hopewell Cogeneration

Natural gas power plant · Prince George County, Virginia

Nameplate capacity
399 MW
Rank in Virginia
#23
of 261 plants
In service since
1990
January 1990

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Luminant Generation Company LLC
County
Prince George County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
1.26%
Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
#16 of 30
EIA plant code
10633

Generating units

Individual generating units at Hopewell Cogeneration
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle101 MW94 MW1990Operating
GT2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle101 MW94 MW1990Operating
GT3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle101 MW94 MW1990Operating
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle96 MW96 MW1990Operating

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 399 MW solar plant and a 399 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