# Gravel Neck

PJM Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Petroleum Liquids · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/gravel-neck

Gravel Neck is a natural gas-fired power facility with 407.7 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Surry County, Virginia, registered as EIA Plant ID 7032. Virginia Electric & Power Co owns and operates the plant, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc. The plant's generating configuration is six combustion-turbine units: Units 1–2 petroleum-liquids/distillate-fuel-oil CTs and Units 3–6 natural-gas-fired CTs capable of dual-fuel natural gas/distillate-fuel-oil operation. The plant began commercial operation in 1970.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Petroleum Liquids
- Power capacity: 407.70000000000005 MW
- Commercial operation: 1970
- Operating status: operating
- Retirement: 2027

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM)
- Transmission owner: Dominion (Virginia Electric & Power Co.)

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: dominionenergy.com — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Gravel Neck is an operational gas-and-oil power plant in Surry County, Virginia, identified by EIA plant code 7032. The plant has six generating units totaling 407.7 MW of nameplate capacity, with reported summer and winter capacities of 368 MW and 396.5 MW, respectively. Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck as a 368 MW station that began commercial operation in 1970 and is fueled by natural gas and oil. — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: high
- Identifiers.2: {"value":"5185 (Generator 1); 5234 (Generator 2); 8918 (Generator 3); 8919 (Generator 6)","system":"FERC MBR EIA-index record IDs"} — MBR | Index · confidence: high
- Identifiers.2: {"value":"5185 (Generator 1); 5234 (Generator 2); 8918 (Generator 3); 8919 (Generator 6)","system":"FERC MBR EIA-index record IDs"} — MBR | Index · confidence: high
- Identifiers.6: {"value":"GRAVEL NECK GT3; GRAVEL NECK GT4; GRAVEL NECK GT5; GRAVEL NECK GT6; GRAVEL NECK GTS","system":"PJM capacity-resource names"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.6: {"value":"GRAVEL NECK GT3; GRAVEL NECK GT4; GRAVEL NECK GT5; GRAVEL NECK GT6; GRAVEL NECK GTS","system":"PJM capacity-resource names"} — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Commercial operation date: 1970 — Source · confidence: high
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e — Power plant profile: Gravel Neck Gas Fired Power Station, US · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Equipment models: [{"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":1,"unit_mw":16.3,"name":"Westinghouse 191 combustion turbine"},{"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":1,"unit_mw":23.8,"name":"Westinghouse 251 combustion turbine"},{"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e","count":4,"unit_mw":85,"name":"General Electric PG 7111-EA / 7E.03 gas turbine"}] — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Product family: Westinghouse 191 and 251 combustion turbines; General Electric PG 7111-EA, corresponding to the 7E.03 gas-turbine family — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.0: {"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":1,"unit_mw":16.3,"name":"Westinghouse 191 combustion turbine"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.1: {"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":1,"unit_mw":23.8,"name":"Westinghouse 251 combustion turbine"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.2: {"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e","count":4,"unit_mw":85,"name":"General Electric PG 7111-EA / 7E.03 gas turbine"} — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["Capacity figures use different bases: 407.7 MW is aggregate nameplate capacity, while 368 MW is Dominion Energy's listed net generating capacity.","A 2013 Virginia Power integrated resource plan included a 2019 retirement assumption for Gravel Neck 1, covering GT1 and GT2, but expressly characterized the assumption as a planning assumption rather than a firm commitment; subsequent plant records list all six generators as operating.","The Gravel Neck Combustion Turbine Station and the nearby Surry Power Station are separate facilities in the Virginia permit record and should not be combined."] — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial construction and operation","date":"1970","detail":"A Virginia permit application identifies two Westinghouse combustion turbines installed in 1970. Unit 1 first operated in August 1970 and Unit 2 first operated in December 1970."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"1970","detail":"Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck's commercial operation as beginning in 1970."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-07","detail":"General Electric Units 4 and 5 were installed and began commercial operation in July 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-10","detail":"General Electric Unit 3 began commercial operation in October 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-11","detail":"General Electric Unit 6 began commercial operation in November 1989."},{"event":"Retirement planning assumption","date":"2013","detail":"Virginia Power's 2013 integrated resource plan listed a projected 2019 retirement for Gravel Neck 1, covering GT1 and GT2, and stated that the listed retirements were planning assumptions rather than firm commitments."},{"event":"Title V permit issuance","date":"2025-05-05","detail":"Virginia DEQ issued Title V permit 50336-25 for Dominion Energy's Surry and Gravel Neck Stations."},{"event":"PJM capacity-resource listing","date":"2026","detail":"PJM's capacity records list Gravel Neck GT3, GT4, GT5, and GT6 at 85 MW each, plus Gravel Neck GTS at 28 MW."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"No Gravel Neck-specific acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction month/year, or sale consideration is identified in the reviewed ownership and corporate records."}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial construction and operation","date":"1970","detail":"A Virginia permit application identifies two Westinghouse combustion turbines installed in 1970. Unit 1 first operated in August 1970 and Unit 2 first operated in December 1970."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"1970","detail":"Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck's commercial operation as beginning in 1970."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-07","detail":"General Electric Units 4 and 5 were installed and began commercial operation in July 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-10","detail":"General Electric Unit 3 began commercial operation in October 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-11","detail":"General Electric Unit 6 began commercial operation in November 1989."},{"event":"Retirement planning assumption","date":"2013","detail":"Virginia Power's 2013 integrated resource plan listed a projected 2019 retirement for Gravel Neck 1, covering GT1 and GT2, and stated that the listed retirements were planning assumptions rather than firm commitments."},{"event":"Title V permit issuance","date":"2025-05-05","detail":"Virginia DEQ issued Title V permit 50336-25 for Dominion Energy's Surry and Gravel Neck Stations."},{"event":"PJM capacity-resource listing","date":"2026","detail":"PJM's capacity records list Gravel Neck GT3, GT4, GT5, and GT6 at 85 MW each, plus Gravel Neck GTS at 28 MW."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"No Gravel Neck-specific acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction month/year, or sale consideration is identified in the reviewed ownership and corporate records."}] — Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial construction and operation","date":"1970","detail":"A Virginia permit application identifies two Westinghouse combustion turbines installed in 1970. Unit 1 first operated in August 1970 and Unit 2 first operated in December 1970."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"1970","detail":"Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck's commercial operation as beginning in 1970."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-07","detail":"General Electric Units 4 and 5 were installed and began commercial operation in July 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-10","detail":"General Electric Unit 3 began commercial operation in October 1989."},{"event":"Unit installation and operation","date":"1989-11","detail":"General Electric Unit 6 began commercial operation in November 1989."},{"event":"Retirement planning assumption","date":"2013","detail":"Virginia Power's 2013 integrated resource plan listed a projected 2019 retirement for Gravel Neck 1, covering GT1 and GT2, and stated that the listed retirements were planning assumptions rather than firm commitments."},{"event":"Title V permit issuance","date":"2025-05-05","detail":"Virginia DEQ issued Title V permit 50336-25 for Dominion Energy's Surry and Gravel Neck Stations."},{"event":"PJM capacity-resource listing","date":"2026","detail":"PJM's capacity records list Gravel Neck GT3, GT4, GT5, and GT6 at 85 MW each, plus Gravel Neck GTS at 28 MW."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"No Gravel Neck-specific acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transaction, transaction month/year, or sale consideration is identified in the reviewed ownership and corporate records."}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: The Gravel Neck Combustion Turbine Station and the nearby Surry Power Station are separate facilities in the Virginia permit record and should not be combined. — Source · confidence: high
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Initial construction and operation","date":"1970","detail":"A Virginia permit application identifies two Westinghouse combustion turbines installed in 1970. Unit 1 first operated in August 1970 and Unit 2 first operated in December 1970."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Commercial operation","date":"1970","detail":"Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck's commercial operation as beginning in 1970."} — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: high
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Title V permit issuance","date":"2025-05-05","detail":"Virginia DEQ issued Title V permit 50336-25 for Dominion Energy's Surry and Gravel Neck Stations."} — Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ · confidence: high
- Timeline.7: {"event":"PJM capacity-resource listing","date":"2026","detail":"PJM's capacity records list Gravel Neck GT3, GT4, GT5, and GT6 at 85 MW each, plus Gravel Neck GTS at 28 MW."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Balancing authority and regional transmission organization","name":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","detail":"Gravel Neck is located in the PJM balancing-authority and market footprint and appears in PJM capacity-resource records.","official_url":"https://www.pjm.com"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"1989 turbine equipment manufacturer","name":"General Electric","detail":"Four General Electric combustion turbines were installed at Gravel Neck in 1989.","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Retirement date: 2027 — October 15, 2025 BY ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Bernard Logan, Clerk Document Control Center State Corporation Commission 1300 E. Main Street, Tyler · confidence: medium
- Retirement scope: unit — October 15, 2025 BY ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Bernard Logan, Clerk Document Control Center State Corporation Commission 1300 E. Main Street, Tyler · confidence: medium
- Resource type: GEN — existing generation capacity resource; gas combustion turbine dual-fuel — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Status detail: Gravel Neck EIA plant 7032 is operating with all six generators reported operational. Dominion's filed 2025 IRP includes a projected 2027 retirement assumption for the Gravel Neck 1-2 light-oil combustion-turbine grouping, but expressly says the assumptions are for planning purposes and are not firm Company commitments. Gravel Neck 3-6 remain listed as existing generation units with no projected uprate or derate in the cited planning table. The same IRP states that Dominion has made no new PJM retirement or deactivation notifications since its 2023 IRP. Separately, PJM selected AH1-717, Gravel Neck 230 kV, as a Dominion natural-gas uprate with a requested 2031 in-service date; it is not identified as a replacement or repowering of the retiring oil units. — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 1970 — Commercial operation
  Dominion Energy lists Gravel Neck's commercial operation as beginning in 1970.
  Source: Power Stations | Dominion Energy (https://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Making-Energy/Power-Stations)
- 1970 — Initial construction and operation
  A Virginia permit application identifies two Westinghouse combustion turbines installed in 1970. Unit 1 first operated in August 1970 and Unit 2 first operated in December 1970.
  Source: Source (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1815/ML18151A313.pdf)
- 1989-10 — Unit installation and operation
  General Electric Unit 3 began commercial operation in October 1989.
  Source: Source (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1815/ML18151A313.pdf)
- 2025-05-05 — Title V permit issuance
  Virginia DEQ issued Title V permit 50336-25 for Dominion Energy's Surry and Gravel Neck Stations.
  Source: Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ (https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-title-v-permits)

## Sources

- [Power Stations](https://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Making-Energy/Power-Stations) — dominionenergy.com · tier other
- [MBR | Index](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=104) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · tier regulatory
- [MBR | Index](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=105) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/etools/capacity-exchange/erpm-designated.csv) — pjm.com · tier other
- [Sheet1](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2025-2026/2025-2026-rpm-existing-resource-list-post.xlsx) — pjm.com · tier other
- [5.7. Gravel Neck](https://hamptonroadsalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Gravel-Neck.pdf) — hamptonroadsalliance.com · tier other
- [Source](https://downloads.regulations.gov/EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819-4675/attachment_39.pdf) — downloads.regulations.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://dominionenergy.com/en/About/Making-Energy/Power-Stations) — dominionenergy.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1815/ML18151A313.pdf) — nrc.gov · tier regulatory
- [Power plant profile: Gravel Neck Gas Fired Power Station, US](https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-gravel-neck-gas-fired-power-station-us/) — power-technology.com · tier other
- [7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e) — gevernova.com · tier other
- [Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-title-v-permits) — deq.virginia.gov · tier regulatory
- [VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO (Form: 10-K, Received: 02/23/2024 07:33:09)](https://content.edgar-online.com/ExternalLink/EDGAR/0000950170-24-019110.html?hash=32ba3c8ed2c4acb8be6b1ad423f6c480f90bb0fb9f3b327bcceda997cc4a497f&dest=d-ex3_2a_htm) — content.edgar-online.com · tier other
- [NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy file to combine, building a stronger company to meet growing power demand across four of America’s fastest-growing states while keeping energy affordable and reliable](https://investors.dominionenergy.com/news/press-release-details/2026/NextEra-Energy-and-Dominion-Energy-file-to-combine-building-a-stronger-company-to-meet-growing-power-demand-across-four-of-Americas-fastest-growing-states-while-keeping-energy-affordable-and-reliable/default.aspx) — investors.dominionenergy.com · tier other
- [Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000119312526115192/dei-ars-12312025.pdf) — sec.gov · tier regulatory
- [Gravel Neck power station - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Gravel_Neck_power_station) — gem.wiki · tier other
- [Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/committees-groups/committees/pc/2025/20250506/20250506-rri-addendum---post-meeting.pdf) — pjm.com · tier other
- [October 15, 2025 BY ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Bernard Logan, Clerk Document Control Center State Corporation Commission 1300 E. Main Street, Tyler](https://www.dominionenergy.com/-/media/content/about/our-company/irp/pdfs/2025-integrated-resource-plan-update.pdf) — dominionenergy.com · tier other

## Data quality

- Capacity figures use different bases: 407.7 MW is aggregate nameplate capacity, while 368 MW is Dominion Energy's listed net generating capacity. A 2013 Virginia Power integrated resource plan included a 2019 retirement assumption for Gravel Neck 1, covering GT1 and GT2, but expressly characterized the assumption as a planning assumption rather than a firm commitment; subsequent plant records list all six generators as operating. The Gravel Neck Combustion Turbine Station and the nearby Surry Power Station are separate facilities in the Virginia permit record and should not be combined.

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