Virginia Tech Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Montgomery County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
6.3 MW
Rank in Virginia
#175
of 261 plants
In service since
1976
March 1976
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst and State Unv
- County
- Montgomery County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Virginia
- #29 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 56785
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WG01 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 6.3 MW | 2.5 MW | 1976 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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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| Waste Management Middle Peninsula LFGTE | Other | 6.4 MW |
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| Danville | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Monterey Diesel Generation Facility | Other | 6.0 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 6.3 MW solar plant and a 6.3 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