Salem Electric Department
Other power plant · Salem City County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
1.3 MW
Rank in Virginia
#256
of 261 plants
In service since
2007
December 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Salem - (VA)
- County
- Salem City County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among other plants in Virginia
- #55 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 56519
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2007 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Martinsville | Hydro | 1.3 MW |
| North Stafford HS | Solar | 1.3 MW |
| Martinsville LFG Generator | Natural gas | 1.1 MW |
| Radford | Hydro | 1.0 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 1.3 MW solar plant and a 1.3 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