MARSH RUN GENERATING

How MARSH RUN GENERATING compares

With 513 MW of capacity, MARSH RUN GENERATING ranks 14th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 6th of the 15 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.0% of Virginia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 325th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 78% 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 Fauquier County with one other operating plant, REMINGTON.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 597 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 513 MW). Net generation was 391 GWh in 2024 (a 7.5% capacity factor), up 17% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MARSH RUN CT (500 kV), about 0.1 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 10 operating power plants totaling 771 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is REMINGTON (706 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 13 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix CU1/CU2/CU3/CU4 - Culpeper in Culpeper, about 12.4 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