REMINGTON

How REMINGTON compares

With 706 MW of capacity, REMINGTON ranks 9th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and 4th of the 15 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 9.6% of Virginia's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 186th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is newer than 66% 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 Fauquier County with one other operating plant, MARSH RUN GENERATING.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 706 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 862 GWh in 2024 (a 14% capacity factor), up 22% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is REMINGTON CT, 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 579 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MARSH RUN GENERATING (513 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 13 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix CU1/CU2/CU3/CU4 - Culpeper in Culpeper, about 12.8 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