List of power stations in Virginia

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Virginia. In 2024, Virginia had a total summer capacity of 29.1 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 102,698 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 56.5% natural gas, 26.3% nuclear, 8.5% solar, 3.4% coal, 3.3% biomass, 1.2% hydroelectric, and less than 1% from petroleum, wind, and 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

Name Location Fuel Capacity (MW) Notes Altavista Power Station Altavista Biomass 51 Aria Energy Phase I & II LortonNatural gas6.4Unknown Bath County Pumped Storage Station Warm Springs Hydroelectric - pumped-storage 3030 Bear GardenNatural gas559Bellemeade Power StationRichmondNatural gas, oil267DecommissionedBirchwood Power Partners, L.P.King GeorgeCoal242Decommissioned Bremo Power Station Bremo Bluff Natural gas (converted from coal in 2014) 227 DecommissionedBrunswick CountyNatural gas1472 Chesapeake Energy Center Chesapeake Coal 717 Decommissioned Chesterfield Power Station Chester Coal, natural gas 1415 Coal, decommissioned Clover Power StationClover Coal 865 DarbytownNatural gas368DoswellNatural gas939Elizabeth RiverNatural gas389GordonsvilleNatural gas300 I-95 Energy Resource Recovery Facility Lorton Waste incineration 95 Hopewell CogenerationNatural gas399 Hopewell Power Station Hopewell Biomass 51 John H. Kerr DamBoydton Hydroelectric 297 LadysmithNatural gas893LouisaNatural gas509 Low Moor Power Station Low Moor Oil 48 Martinsville Dam Martinsville Hydroelectric 1.3 Mecklenburg Power Station Clarksville Coal 138 Decommissioned North Anna Nuclear Generating Station Mineral Uranium 1790 Potomac Energy Center (formerly Panda Stonewall Energy Center)LeesburgNatural gas (combined cycle)778 Philpott Dam Bassett Hydroelectric 7 Pittsylvania Power Station Hurt Biomass 83 Decommissioned Possum Point Power Station Dumfries Natural gas, oil 849 RemingtonNatural gas706 Reworld Alexandria/Arlington Waste To Energy Facility Alexandria Waste incineration 23 Smith Mountain Dam Sandy Level Hydroelectric - pumped-storage 656 Southampton Power Station Franklin Biomass 51 Spotsylvania SolarSpotsylvaniaSolar617 Spruance Genco- Cogentrix Richmond Natural gas 240StonewallNatural gas812 Surry Nuclear Power Plant Surry Uranium 1678 Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center Wise County Coal 610 Yorktown Power Station Yorktown Coal, oil 1141 Decommissioned Warren County Natural gas 1472

+Planned stations Name Location Fuel Capacity (MW)Year NotesCoastal Virginia Offshore WindOffshoreWind2,640 Rocky Forge Wind Botetourt County Wind 752021

See also

List of power stations in the United States Commonwealth Fusion Systems - fusion power plant to be built in the 2030s in Virginia

References