How big is Bear Garden?

Bear Garden reports 559 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.

What kind of plant is Bear Garden?

Bear Garden is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Buckingham County, VA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Bear Garden located?

Bear Garden is in Buckingham County, VA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Bear Garden?

Bear Garden is operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Bear Garden generate?

Bear Garden reported 3,480.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Bear Garden connect to the grid?

Bear Garden on the Virginia Electric & Power Co. system.

How does Bear Garden compare to other plants?

By capacity, Bear Garden ranks #280 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #8 of 11 in VA.

Bear Garden — 559 MW gas plant, Buckingham County, VA

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Generation and physical site

EIA plant 56807 · Inventory for Sep 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Natural gas: 559 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (3)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Bear Garden
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
1A	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Operating	145	Unknown
1B	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Operating	152	Unknown
1C	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Operating	262	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 37.69622, -78.28605
Filed location · EIA: 37.69556, -78.28528

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Sep 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 24, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Dec 31, 2023
Map prepared: Oct 24, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1A	145 MW 183.4 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT	May 2011	Operating
1B	152 MW 183.4 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT	May 2011	Operating
1C	262 MW 261.4 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CA	May 2011	Operating

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Financing

Construction Authorization And Project Investment

Mar 27, 2009

The Virginia SCC authorized construction of Bear Garden on March 27, 2009, for an estimated $619 million, excluding financing costs. Construction began April 2009.

$619.0M580 MW contractedVirginia Electric and Power Company · Virginia State Corporation Commission

Dominion Virginia Power Brings Bear Garden Power Station Into Service

Financing-Cost Recovery Filing

Mar 2009

Virginia Power filed a petition in March 2009 seeking recovery of approximately $77 million in Bear Garden construction-related financing costs through Rider R. This was a regulatory cost-recovery filing, not a disclosed project-debt principal amount.

$77.0MVirginia Electric and Power Company · Virginia State Corporation Commission

Source

Transactions and agreements

Development-Project Acquisition

Mar 2008

Virginia Electric and Power Company purchased the Bear Garden power-station development project from Tenaska Virginia Partners II, L. P. Acquisition consideration was not disclosed.

580 MW contractedVirginia Electric and Power Company · Tenaska Virginia Partners II, L.P.

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Land and environmental record

Air Permit

Jan 1, 2014

Permit No. Virginia Title V air permit 32004-6

Virginia DEQ lists Dominion Energy - Bear Garden Generating Station under Title V permit/registration number 32004-6 in Buckingham County, with issuance date January 1, 2014.

Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ

Emissions Controls

Sep 9, 2010

BACT air-emissions controls and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) using ammonia

The project was subject to Best Available Control Technology for regulated air pollutants, with an SCR system using ammonia to reduce nitrogen-oxide emissions. Natural gas is a low sulfur-dioxide and particulate emitter.

Bear Garden Blooming | The Farmville Herald

Wastewater Permit

2020

NPDES permit VA0090891

EPA's Appendix B for Dominion fixed facilities lists Bear Garden Generating Station with NPDES permit number VA0090891.

Source

Water Withdrawal Record

2024

Bear Garden Creek–James River watershed; withdrawal quantity not exposed in Virginia DEQ dashboard

Virginia DEQ's withdrawal dashboard identifies Bear Garden Creek–James River as a watershed; facility withdrawal data are reported through the dashboard, but the retrieved segment does not expose a Bear Garden-specific withdrawal volume or permit number.

Water Withdrawal Dashboard

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Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

Virginia Electric & Power Co (Dominion Virginia Power / Dominion Energy)OperatorOwner / developer associated with Bear Garden.

Fluor CorporationConstruction contractorEPC contractor associated with Bear Garden.

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Virginia Electric & Power Co

Entity 19876

Operating portfolio

35 plants

3 states

Reported capacity

19,819.4 MW

Conventional Hydroelectric · Conventional Steam Coal · Hydroelectric Pumped Storage

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Bath County	2,862 MW	VA
North Anna	1,960.4 MW	VA
Greensville County Power Station	1,773.3 MW	VA
Surry	1,695 MW	VA
Mt Storm	1,680.9 MW	WV
Brunswick County Power Station	1,472.2 MW	VA

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