Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
Coal power plant · Wise County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
668 MW
Rank in Virginia
#14
of 261 plants
In service since
2012
July 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Virginia Electric & Power Co
- County
- Wise County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.12%
- Rank among coal plants in Virginia
- #2 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 56808
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 668 MW | 610 MW | 2012 | Operating |
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
| Possum Point | Natural gas | 709 MW |
| Remington | Natural gas | 706 MW |
| Marsh Run Generation Facility | Natural gas | 597 MW |
| Bear Garden | Natural gas | 559 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 668 MW solar plant and a 668 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