Salem Water Plant
Other power plant · Salem City County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in Virginia
#240
of 261 plants
In service since
2003
August 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Salem - (VA)
- County
- Salem City County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Virginia
- #50 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 56288
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | 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.
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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 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 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