Louisa Generation Facility
Natural gas power plant · Louisa County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
546 MW
Rank in Virginia
#18
of 261 plants
In service since
2003
August 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Old Dominion Electric Coop
- County
- Louisa County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 1.73%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #12 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 7837
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 158 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 77 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 77 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 77 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 77 MW | 2003 | 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
| Bear Garden | Natural gas | 559 MW |
| Smith Mountain | Hydro | 548 MW |
| Clinch River | Natural gas | 475 MW |
| Chesterfield | Natural gas | 447 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 546 MW solar plant and a 546 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