GRAVEL NECK

How GRAVEL NECK compares

With 408 MW of capacity, GRAVEL NECK ranks 16th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 8th of the 15 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.5% of Virginia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 373rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1970, it is older than 74% 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 Surry County with one other operating plant, SURRY.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 408 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 115 GWh in 2024 (a 3.2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1970 and 1989.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SURRY (500 kV), about 0.4 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 2 operating power plants totaling 1,700 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SURRY (1,695 MW, Nuclear).

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