GORDONSVILLE ENERGY LP

How GORDONSVILLE ENERGY LP compares

With 300 MW of capacity, GORDONSVILLE ENERGY LP ranks 21st among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 12th of the 15 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.1% of Virginia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 457th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1994, it is newer than 59% of the 101 operating Virginia plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, runs 21 operating plants in Virginia totaling 12,655 MW. It shares Louisa County with 2 other operating plants, NORTH ANNA and LOUISA GENERATING.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 300 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,387 GWh in 2024 (a 53% capacity factor), up 36% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GORDONSVILLE (230 kV), about 1.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 3,416 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTH ANNA (1,960 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Equinix CU1/CU2/CU3/CU4 - Culpeper in Culpeper, about 25.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology