# Ladysmith

PJM Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/ladysmith

Ladysmith is a natural gas-fired power facility with 892.5 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Caroline County, Virginia, registered as EIA Plant ID 7839. Virginia Electric & Power Co owns and operates the plant. 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. The facility interconnects at Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station) at 230 kV.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Power capacity: 892.5 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM)
- Substation: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station)
- Point of interconnection: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station)
- Transmission owner: Virginia Electric & Power Co
- Interconnection voltage: 230 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: dominionenergy.com — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"7839","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"19876","system":"EIA utility ID"},{"value":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","system":"ISO/RTO / balancing authority"},{"value":"1, 2, 3, 4, 5","system":"EIA generator IDs"},{"value":"AH1-682; AH1-683; AH1-691; AH1-692; AH1-694","system":"PJM Reliability Resource Initiative queue IDs"},{"value":"PUR-2021-00082","system":"Virginia SCC docket — Elmont-Ladysmith transmission project"}] — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Description: Ladysmith is an operating natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Caroline County, Virginia, with EIA plant ID 7839. It has five operating generators totaling 892.5 MW of nameplate capacity and began operation in May 2001. The generators can also use distillate fuel oil, and the plant is in the PJM balancing area. — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"AH1-682; AH1-683; AH1-691; AH1-692; AH1-694","system":"PJM Reliability Resource Initiative queue IDs"} — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.5: {"value":"PUR-2021-00082","system":"Virginia SCC docket — Elmont-Ladysmith transmission project"} — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7f — 7F Heavy Duty Gas Turbine | 7F.04/7F.05 · confidence: high
- Kind: thermal — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: high
- Manufacturer domain: gevernova.com — 7F Heavy Duty Gas Turbine | 7F.04/7F.05 · confidence: high
- Product family: GE heavy-duty gas turbines: MS7001FA / 7F.04 — 7F Heavy Duty Gas Turbine | 7F.04/7F.05 · confidence: medium
- Description: Ladysmith is an operating natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Caroline County, Virginia, owned and operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co., doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia. The plant has five operating generators totaling 892.5 MW of nameplate capacity; the generators can also burn distillate fuel oil. Dominion's official station directory reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity and identifies 2001 as the commercial-operation year. The first two units entered service in 2001, while the remaining three units were developed through a Dominion self-build expansion program during the late 2000s. — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Ladysmith is an operating natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Caroline County, Virginia, owned and operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co., doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia. The plant has five operating generators totaling 892.5 MW of nameplate capacity; the generators can also burn distillate fuel oil. Dominion's official station directory reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity and identifies 2001 as the commercial-operation year. The first two units entered service in 2001, while the remaining three units were developed through a Dominion self-build expansion program during the late 2000s. — Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The 892.5 MW figure is total nameplate capacity, while Dominion reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity; the figures use different capacity conventions.","The 2007-09 expansion sources contain proposed or forecast completion dates, although current EIA-derived records identify all five generators as operating with an online span of 2001-2009.","Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified.","PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates."] — Power Stations | Dominion Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The 892.5 MW figure is total nameplate capacity, while Dominion reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity; the figures use different capacity conventions.","The 2007-09 expansion sources contain proposed or forecast completion dates, although current EIA-derived records identify all five generators as operating with an online span of 2001-2009.","Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified.","PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates."] — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The 892.5 MW figure is total nameplate capacity, while Dominion reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity; the figures use different capacity conventions.","The 2007-09 expansion sources contain proposed or forecast completion dates, although current EIA-derived records identify all five generators as operating with an online span of 2001-2009.","Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified.","PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates."] — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The 892.5 MW figure is total nameplate capacity, while Dominion reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity; the figures use different capacity conventions.","The 2007-09 expansion sources contain proposed or forecast completion dates, although current EIA-derived records identify all five generators as operating with an online span of 2001-2009.","Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified.","PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates."] — Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: The expansion was described as a Dominion self-build utility capital program rather than a separately financed project. A 2007 report estimated $135 million for two 150 MW natural-gas peaking units; Dominion's January 2009 investor reference book separately listed estimated capital expenditures of $122 million for Ladysmith 3 and 4 and $79 million for Ladysmith 5. These are construction or capital-cost estimates, not sale consideration or portfolio transaction values; no separate project-finance debt arrangement was disclosed. — Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: The expansion was described as a Dominion self-build utility capital program rather than a separately financed project. A 2007 report estimated $135 million for two 150 MW natural-gas peaking units; Dominion's January 2009 investor reference book separately listed estimated capital expenditures of $122 million for Ladysmith 3 and 4 and $79 million for Ladysmith 5. These are construction or capital-cost estimates, not sale consideration or portfolio transaction values; no separate project-finance debt arrangement was disclosed. — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."},{"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."},{"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."},{"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."},{"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4; These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."},{"event":"Current operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The plant remains identified as operational, with five operating generators and 892.5 MW of total nameplate capacity."},{"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."}] — Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner, operator, and reporting utility","name":"Virginia Electric & Power Co. / Dominion Energy Virginia","detail":"The utility is identified as Ladysmith's operator and owner/reporting utility. Dominion's official station directory lists Ladysmith among its power stations.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Developer and self-build affiliate for the late-2000s expansion","name":"Dominion Generation","detail":"Contemporary reporting identified Dominion Generation as a Dominion Resources subsidiary and stated that Dominion decided to build the additional Ladysmith units itself.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"General contractor for units 3 and 4","name":"Crowder Construction Company","detail":"Industrial Info identified Crowder Construction Company as the general contractor for Ladysmith CT3 and CT4.","official_url":"https://www.crowderusa.com/"},{"relationship":"Gas-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE Power / GE Vernova gas-power business","detail":"The Ladysmith phases were reported as using GE MS7001FA and GE 7F.04 gas turbines; the later unit-5 plan specified a GE 7FA dual-fuel unit.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"},{"relationship":"Fuel supplier","name":"Dominion Transmission, Inc.","detail":"Project reporting identified Dominion Transmission, Inc. as the source of the plant's natural-gas fuel.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Balancing authority and RTO","name":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","detail":"Ladysmith is located in the PJM balancing area, and PJM records list the plant's subsequent uprate requests.","official_url":"https://www.pjm.com/"}] — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner, operator, and reporting utility","name":"Virginia Electric & Power Co. / Dominion Energy Virginia","detail":"The utility is identified as Ladysmith's operator and owner/reporting utility. Dominion's official station directory lists Ladysmith among its power stations.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Developer and self-build affiliate for the late-2000s expansion","name":"Dominion Generation","detail":"Contemporary reporting identified Dominion Generation as a Dominion Resources subsidiary and stated that Dominion decided to build the additional Ladysmith units itself.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"General contractor for units 3 and 4","name":"Crowder Construction Company","detail":"Industrial Info identified Crowder Construction Company as the general contractor for Ladysmith CT3 and CT4.","official_url":"https://www.crowderusa.com/"},{"relationship":"Gas-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE Power / GE Vernova gas-power business","detail":"The Ladysmith phases were reported as using GE MS7001FA and GE 7F.04 gas turbines; the later unit-5 plan specified a GE 7FA dual-fuel unit.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"},{"relationship":"Fuel supplier","name":"Dominion Transmission, Inc.","detail":"Project reporting identified Dominion Transmission, Inc. as the source of the plant's natural-gas fuel.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Balancing authority and RTO","name":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","detail":"Ladysmith is located in the PJM balancing area, and PJM records list the plant's subsequent uprate requests.","official_url":"https://www.pjm.com/"}] — Ladysmith Power Station, US · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner, operator, and reporting utility","name":"Virginia Electric & Power Co. / Dominion Energy Virginia","detail":"The utility is identified as Ladysmith's operator and owner/reporting utility. Dominion's official station directory lists Ladysmith among its power stations.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Developer and self-build affiliate for the late-2000s expansion","name":"Dominion Generation","detail":"Contemporary reporting identified Dominion Generation as a Dominion Resources subsidiary and stated that Dominion decided to build the additional Ladysmith units itself.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"General contractor for units 3 and 4","name":"Crowder Construction Company","detail":"Industrial Info identified Crowder Construction Company as the general contractor for Ladysmith CT3 and CT4.","official_url":"https://www.crowderusa.com/"},{"relationship":"Gas-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE Power / GE Vernova gas-power business","detail":"The Ladysmith phases were reported as using GE MS7001FA and GE 7F.04 gas turbines; the later unit-5 plan specified a GE 7FA dual-fuel unit.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"},{"relationship":"Fuel supplier","name":"Dominion Transmission, Inc.","detail":"Project reporting identified Dominion Transmission, Inc. as the source of the plant's natural-gas fuel.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Balancing authority and RTO","name":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","detail":"Ladysmith is located in the PJM balancing area, and PJM records list the plant's subsequent uprate requests.","official_url":"https://www.pjm.com/"}] — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: The 2007-09 expansion sources contain proposed or forecast completion dates, although current EIA-derived records identify all five generators as operating with an online span of 2001-2009. — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified. — Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified. — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.3: PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates. — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: high
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Initial commercial operation","date":"2001-05","detail":"Ladysmith was commissioned in May 2001; the first two combustion-turbine units entered commercial service during 2001."} — Ladysmith Power Station, US · confidence: high
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Dominion self-build expansion proposed","date":"2007-04-19","detail":"Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids."} — Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers · confidence: high
- Timeline.2: {"event":"Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4","date":"2007","detail":"Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007."} — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: high
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Certificate for new generating units","date":"2008-05-19","detail":"Virginia SCC material dated May 19, 2008, stated that the Commission had approved a certificate for new generating units at the Ladysmith site in Case PUE-2007-00032."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4","date":"2008-08","detail":"Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4. — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Reported planned commercial operation of unit 5","date":"2009-06","detail":"Dominion's January 2009 investor reference book listed Ladysmith 5 as a 151 MW GE 7FA dual-fuel unit with commercial operation targeted for June 2009."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.7: {"event":"PJM uprate requests selected","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"PJM listed Ladysmith CT uprate projects AH1-682, AH1-683, AH1-691, AH1-692, and AH1-694, with requested in-service dates in 2027-2029. These are planned uprate requests rather than documented completed repowering."} — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: high
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."} — Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Acquisition, sale, retirement, or repowering","date":null,"detail":"No separate acquisition or sale of the Ladysmith plant, transaction month/year, plant-specific retirement date, or completed repowering event is identified; the documented history instead shows Dominion self-development and continuing Virginia Electric & Power Co. ownership."} — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Developer and self-build affiliate for the late-2000s expansion","name":"Dominion Generation","detail":"Contemporary reporting identified Dominion Generation as a Dominion Resources subsidiary and stated that Dominion decided to build the additional Ladysmith units itself.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"} — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"General contractor for units 3 and 4","name":"Crowder Construction Company","detail":"Industrial Info identified Crowder Construction Company as the general contractor for Ladysmith CT3 and CT4.","official_url":"https://www.crowderusa.com/"} — Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Gas-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE Power / GE Vernova gas-power business","detail":"The Ladysmith phases were reported as using GE MS7001FA and GE 7F.04 gas turbines; the later unit-5 plan specified a GE 7FA dual-fuel unit.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"} — Ladysmith Power Station, US · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Gas-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE Power / GE Vernova gas-power business","detail":"The Ladysmith phases were reported as using GE MS7001FA and GE 7F.04 gas turbines; the later unit-5 plan specified a GE 7FA dual-fuel unit.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Fuel supplier","name":"Dominion Transmission, Inc.","detail":"Project reporting identified Dominion Transmission, Inc. as the source of the plant's natural-gas fuel.","official_url":"https://www.dominionenergy.com/"} — Ladysmith Power Station, US · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Balancing authority and RTO","name":"PJM Interconnection, LLC","detail":"Ladysmith is located in the PJM balancing area, and PJM records list the plant's subsequent uprate requests.","official_url":"https://www.pjm.com/"} — Reliability Resource Initiative Additional Summaries · confidence: high
- Substation: Ladysmith CT (Ladysmith combustion-turbine station) — April 27, 2021 BY ELECTRONIC FILING Mr. Bernard Logan, Clerk c/o Document Control Center State Corporation Commission 1300 East Main · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2007 — Construction of Ladysmith units 3 and 4
  Construction of two approximately 180 MW combustion turbines, identified as CT3 and CT4, began in the fourth quarter of 2007.
  Source: Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... (https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/dominion-generation-adding-150-megawatts-to-ladysmith-peaking-station-in-virginia--130707)
- 2007-04-19 — Dominion self-build expansion proposed
  Dominion Virginia Power proposed two additional 150 MW natural-gas peaking units at Ladysmith at an estimated cost of $135 million. The site was designed to accommodate five units, and Dominion chose to build the units itself after reviewing bids.
  Source: Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers (https://www.power-eng.com/gas/dominion-unit-proposes-300-mw-peakers/)
- 2008-08 — Reported planned completion of units 3 and 4
  Contemporary project reporting gave August 2008 as the expected completion date for CT3 and CT4.
  Source: Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta... (https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/dominion-generation-adding-150-megawatts-to-ladysmith-peaking-station-in-virginia--130707)
- 2009-06 — Planned commercial operation
  Dominion's January 2009 investor reference book listed Ladysmith 5 as a 151 MW GE 7FA dual-fuel unit with commercial operation targeted for June 2009.
  Source: Source (https://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/11/110481/IRReferenceBookFebruary2009.pdf)

## Sources

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- [April 27, 2021 BY ELECTRONIC FILING Mr. Bernard Logan, Clerk c/o Document Control Center State Corporation Commission 1300 East Main](https://www.dominionenergy.com/-/media/content/about/power-line-projects/ladysmith-elmont/pdfs/ladysmith-elmont-application-volume-1-of-2-part-1-of-3.pdf) — dominionenergy.com · tier other
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- [Power Stations](https://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Making-Energy/Power-Stations) — dominionenergy.com · tier other
- [Dominion unit proposes 300 MW peakers](https://www.power-eng.com/gas/dominion-unit-proposes-300-mw-peakers/) — power-eng.com · tier other
- [Source](https://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/11/110481/IRReferenceBookFebruary2009.pdf) — media.corporate-ir.net · tier other
- [Dominion Energy 2025 Annual Report](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000119312526115192/dei-ars-12312025.pdf) — sec.gov · tier regulatory
- [Dominion Generation Adding 150 Megawatts to Ladysmith Peaking Sta...](https://www.industrialinfo.com/news/article/dominion-generation-adding-150-megawatts-to-ladysmith-peaking-station-in-virginia--130707) — industrialinfo.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/docketsearch/DOCS/1v%24w01%21.PDF) — scc.virginia.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715957/000092838503000725/d10k.htm) — sec.gov · tier regulatory
- [Ladysmith power station - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Ladysmith_power_station) — gem.wiki · tier other
- [Data Miner 2 - Pricing Nodes](https://dataminer2.pjm.com/feed/pnode) — dataminer2.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

- The 892.5 MW figure is total nameplate capacity, while Dominion reports 790.7 MW of net generating capacity; the figures use different capacity conventions. Available ownership and transaction records indicate continuity under Dominion/Virginia Electric & Power Co.; no separate plant sale, acquisition consideration, project-finance debt facility, repowering date, or plant-specific retirement date is identified. PJM's 2025 Reliability Resource Initiative entries are future uprate requests with requested in-service dates from 2027 through 2029, not documented completed uprates.

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