Waste Management Middle Peninsula LFGTE
Other power plant · Middlesex County, Virginia
Nameplate capacity
6.4 MW
Rank in Virginia
#173
of 261 plants
In service since
2009
September 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- WM Renewable Energy LLC
- County
- Middlesex County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Virginia
- #30 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 57018
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN6 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN7 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| GEN8 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2009 | 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
| Richmond Energy | Other | 6.4 MW |
| VMEA Peaking Gen | Other | 6.4 MW |
| Godwin Drive Plant | Other | 6.3 MW |
| Virginia Tech Power Plant | Natural gas | 6.3 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 6.4 MW solar plant and a 6.4 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