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Tangier

Other power plant · Accomack County, Virginia

Nameplate capacity
2.4 MW
Rank in Virginia
#233
of 261 plants
In service since
1993
December 1993

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
A & N Electric Coop
County
Accomack County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in Virginia
#47 of 55
EIA plant code
6390

Generating units

Individual generating units at Tangier
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.2 MW1993Operating
6Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.2 MW1993Operating

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 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 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