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Pretlow

Other power plant · Southampton County, Virginia

Nameplate capacity
3.2 MW
Rank in Virginia
#219
of 261 plants
In service since
2001
April 2001

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Franklin - (VA)
County
Southampton County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in Virginia
#46 of 55
EIA plant code
55953

Generating units

Individual generating units at Pretlow
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids1.6 MW1.6 MW2001Operating
2Petroleum Liquids1.6 MW1.6 MW2001Operating

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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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