VA · State grid profile

Virginia power grid

Virginia connects a large natural-gas fleet with nuclear, hydro, and rapidly expanded solar capacity. Its mapped data-center footprint makes the relationship between electricity supply and concentrated digital demand especially visible.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity30,798 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants296730 operating generators
Proposed capacity7,714 MW25% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations154Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

Virginia capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Oil & gas52.2%16,062 MW
Solar15.2%4,691 MW
Hydro12.8%3,932 MW
Nuclear11.9%3,654 MW
Coal5.1%1,561 MW
Biomass2.6%816 MW
Storage0.2%71 MW
Wind0%12 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest Virginia power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
Bath CountyPlant 6167HydroWarm Springs, VABath CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co2,862 MW
North AnnaPlant 6168NuclearMineral, VALouisa CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,960 MW
Greensville County Power StationPlant 59913Oil & gasEmporia, VAGreensville CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,773 MW
SurryPlant 3806NuclearSurry, VASurry CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,695 MW
Warren CountyPlant 55939Oil & gasFront Royal, VAWarren CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,472 MW
Brunswick County Power StationPlant 58260Oil & gasFreeman, VABrunswick CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co1,472 MW
Doswell Energy CenterPlant 52019Oil & gasAshland, VAHanover CountyDoswell Ltd Partnership1,313 MW
Tenaska Virginia Generating StationPlant 55439Oil & gasScottsville, VAFluvanna CountyTenaska Virginia Partners LP1,011 MW
LadysmithPlant 7839Oil & gasWoodford, VACaroline CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co893 MW
CloverPlant 7213CoalClover, VAHalifax CountyVirginia Electric & Power Co848 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap