# Chesterfield

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/chesterfield

Virginia Electric & Power Co - Chesterfield County - PJM

Chesterfield is an operating natural-gas-fired combined-cycle electric generating station located in Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia, owned and operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy Inc. The facility comprises four operable generators—CT7, CT8, CW7, and CW8—organized into two combined-cycle blocks (CH7 and CH8) with a combined nameplate capacity of 446.6 MW. CT7 and CW7 commenced operation in June 1990; CT8 and CW8 followed in May 1992. The station's broader site originally included coal-fired units (Units 3–6), which were retired between 2019 and 2023. All current units are natural-gas-fired, interconnected to PJM at 230 kV via the Chesterfield Substation, and operate with no announced retirement date. A separate proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center, a simple-cycle project with up to 1,000 MW capacity, is planned on the same property but is not part of EIA plant 3797.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 446.6 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3797 — plant-3797

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- **Operator:** Virginia Electric & Power Co

## Related parties

- **Parent company:** Dominion Energy Inc — Parent Company ([source](https://www.dominionenergy.com/))

## Sources

- [api.eia.gov](http://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data?api_key=DEMO_KEY&data[0]=nameplate-capacity-mw&data[1]=net-summer-capacity-mw&data[2]=net-winter-capacity-mw&data[3]=operating-year-month&data[4]=planned-retirement-year-month&end=2026-06&facets[plantid][]=3797&frequency=monthly&start=2026-06) — api.eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [deq.virginia.gov](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/topics-of-interest/dominion-chesterfield-energy-reliability-center-project) — deq.virginia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/chesterfield
Website: [Virginia Electric & Power Co](https://www.dominionenergy.com/)

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