LOUISA GENERATING

How LOUISA GENERATING compares

With 509 MW of capacity, LOUISA GENERATING ranks 15th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 7th of the 15 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.9% of Virginia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 327th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 75% of the 101 operating Virginia plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC COOP, runs 5 operating plants in Virginia totaling 1,042 MW. It shares Louisa County with 2 other operating plants, NORTH ANNA and GORDONSVILLE ENERGY LP.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 546 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 521 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GORDONSVILLE (230 kV), about 0.8 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 3,207 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 26.6 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