Park 500 Philip Morris USA
Natural gas power plant · Chesterfield County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in Virginia
#155
of 261 plants
In service since
1983
September 1983
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Philip Morris USA - Park 500
- County
- Chesterfield County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #27 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 50275
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 13 MW | 11 MW | 1983 | Operating |
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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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