LOW MOOR
OperatingOil power plant
- Capacity
- 83 MW
- Primary fuel
- Oil
- County
- Alleghany County
- Operator
- VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1971
- EIA plant ID
- 3799
- Generators
- 4
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Net generation (2024)
- 0.545 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- under 0.1%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 37.7774, -79.8916
LOW MOOR, an 83 MW Oil power plant in Alleghany County, Virginia. Operated by VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, commissioned 1971.
How LOW MOOR compares
With 83 MW of capacity, LOW MOOR ranks 29th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 2nd of the 25 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of Virginia's operating Oil capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 43rd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 72% 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 Alleghany County with one other operating plant, COVINGTON FACILITY.
EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 83 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 0.545 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).
Grid neighborhood
The nearest named substation is LOWMOOR (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. One other operating power plant sits within 25 miles: COVINGTON FACILITY (100 MW, Biomass).
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
Weather peril exposure
LOW MOOR is an 83 MW oil power plant in Alleghany County, VA, operated by VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, commissioned in 1971. Alleghany County carries low modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 1.5 of 5 at the 12th national percentile. Riverine flooding is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 95th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to an oil plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Alleghany County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 95th | 4.8 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 71st | 3.8 of 5 | 42.3 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Low | 71st | 3.8 of 5 | 13.2 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 63rd | 3.5 of 5 | 0.02 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 49th | 3.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 44th | 2.7 of 5 | 2.4 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 43rd | 2.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 0.45 |
| Hail | Very Low | 20th | 1.8 of 5 | 3.0 |
| Tornado | Very Low | 14th | 1.6 of 5 | 0.05 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 9th | 1.4 of 5 | 0.11 |
Perils not assessed in Alleghany County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Alleghany County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.