How big is Ladysmith?

Ladysmith has a reported capacity of 892.5 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Ladysmith?

Ladysmith is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine facility in Caroline County, VA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Ladysmith located?

Ladysmith is in Caroline County, VA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Ladysmith?

Ladysmith 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 Ladysmith generate?

Ladysmith reported 948.1 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Ladysmith connect to the grid?

Ladysmith interconnects at Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station), on the Virginia Electric & Power Co system.

How does Ladysmith compare to other plants?

By capacity, Ladysmith ranks #20 of 825 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #1 of 10 in VA.

Ladysmith — 893 MW gas plant, Caroline County, VA

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Overview

Reported capacity: 892.5 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 7839
Virginia Electric & Power Co · Caroline County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Ladysmith is operating.
Grid connection: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station)
230 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Co

Profile

Grid role: Peaking/peakload generation
Grid connection: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station) · 230 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Context: Ladysmith is a five-unit, 892.5 MW natural-gas power plant and is ranked sixth among Virginia plants by nameplate capacity in the EIA-derived plant directory. It is a dual-fuel peaking facility serving the PJM system.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 892.5 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operating status: operating
Ladysmith is operating.
Interconnection: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station)
230 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Co
Location: Caroline County
PJM
Operator: Virginia Electric & Power Co

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	178.5 MW 154.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 2001	Operating
2	178.5 MW 153.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 2001	Operating
3	178.5 MW 159.8 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2008	Operating
4	178.5 MW 160.1 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2008	Operating
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Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 892.5 MW; Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
National rank: #20; of 825 operating peers
VA rank: #1; of 10 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

948.1 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

12.7%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

LADYSMITH CT

IN SERVICE · 230 kV

0.1 km

TAP139192

Commercial, land, and environmental record

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

Land and environmental record

Emissions Control And Equipment

Jun 3, 2024

Five GE Model PG7241 (FA) simple-cycle, dual-fuel combustion turbines; 1,873 mmBtu/hr each on natural gas and 2,223 mmBtu/hr each on No. 2 oil; dry-low-NOx burners, water injection for oil operation, DLN2.6+ controls, 36 gallons per minute air-inlet fogging on each unit

The 2024 Virginia DEQ permit lists Units 1 through 5, each equipped with GE Model PG7241 (FA) turbines. Each unit has dry-low-NOx burners for natural gas, water injection for oil operation, DLN2.6+ controls, and 36 gallons per minute of air-inlet fogging upgraded between 2018 and 2023.

Microsoft Word - 40960_22_ 23 combined Article 3 permit renewal.docx

Water Supply

2021

Groundwater wells provide the majority of Ladysmith's water supply

Dominion's 2021 water disclosure specifically identifies Ladysmith among stations obtaining the majority of their water from groundwater wells.

Water CDP

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

May 2001
May 2001
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1, generator 2 with this operating date.
2007
2007
Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4

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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Surry	1,695 MW	VA
Mt Storm	1,680.9 MW	WV
Brunswick County Power Station	1,472.2 MW	VA
Warren County	1,472.2 MW	VA
LadysmithCurrent	892.5 MW	VA

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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