List of power stations in Virginia


This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2022, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 29,169 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 89,477 GWh. In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 56% natural gas, 32.3% nuclear, 5.8% solar, 3.5% biomass, 1.5% coal, 0.2% petroleum, 0.1% hydroelectric, 0.1% wind, and 0.5% other.
The Virginia Clean Economy Act of 2020 directs the construction of 16,100 MW of solar power and onshore wind and up to 5,200 MW of offshore wind by 2035, bringing the state's utility-delivered power to 100% renewable energy by 2045. It planned to close all but two coal-fired plants by 2024, with the Virginia City and Clover plants allowed to operate until 2045, though economic conditions may close them earlier.

Power stations

NameLocationFuelCapacity Notes
Altavista Power StationAltavistaBiomass51
Aria Energy Phase I & IILortonNatural gas6.4
Bath County Pumped Storage StationWarm SpringsHydroelectric - pumped-storage3030
Bear GardenNatural gas559
Bellemeade Power StationRichmondNatural gas, oil267Decommissioned
Birchwood Power Partners, L.P.King GeorgeCoal242Decommissioned
Bremo Power StationBremo BluffNatural gas 227Decommissioned
Brunswick CountyNatural gas1472
Chesapeake Energy CenterChesapeakeCoal717Decommissioned
Chesterfield Power StationChesterCoal, natural gas1415Coal, decommissioned
Clover Power StationCloverCoal865
DarbytownNatural gas368
DoswellNatural gas939
Elizabeth RiverNatural gas389
GordonsvilleNatural gas300
I-95 Energy Resource Recovery FacilityLortonWaste incineration95
Hopewell CogenerationNatural gas399
Hopewell Power StationHopewellBiomass51
John H. Kerr DamBoydtonHydroelectric297
LadysmithNatural gas893
LouisaNatural gas509
Low Moor Power StationLow MoorOil48
Martinsville DamMartinsvilleHydroelectric1.3
Mecklenburg Power StationClarksvilleCoal138Decommissioned
North Anna Nuclear Generating StationMineralUranium1790
Panda Stonewall Energy CenterLeesburgNatural gas 778
Philpott DamBassettHydroelectric7
Pittsylvania Power StationHurtBiomass83Decommissioned
Possum Point Power StationDumfriesNatural gas, oil849
RemingtonNatural gas706
Reworld Alexandria/Arlington Waste To Energy FacilityAlexandriaWaste incineration23
Smith Mountain DamSandy LevelHydroelectric - pumped-storage656
Southampton Power StationFranklinBiomass51
Spotsylvania SolarSpotsylvaniaSolar617
Spruance Genco- CogentrixRichmondNatural gas240
StonewallNatural gas812
Surry Nuclear Power PlantSurryUranium1678
Virginia City Hybrid Energy CenterWise CountyCoal610
Yorktown Power StationYorktownCoal, oil1141Decommissioned
Warren CountyNatural gas1472

NameLocationFuelCapacity YearNotes
Coastal Virginia Offshore WindOffshoreWind2,640
Rocky Forge WindBotetourt CountyWind752021