# Louisa Generation Facility PJM Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/louisa-generation-facility Louisa Generation Facility is a natural gas-fired power facility with 545.7 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Louisa County, Virginia, registered as EIA Plant ID 7837. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is the public owner or developer; Old Dominion Electric Coop is the registered plant entity or operator. The plant's generating configuration is five natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine generating units and natural gas is the primary fuel and low-sulfur fuel oil is available as backup. The plant began commercial operation in 2003. DOMINION HUB · 230 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Co. (Dominion Energy Virginia). ## Key facts - Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine - Power capacity: 545.7 MW - Commercial operation: 2003 - Operating status: operating ## Grid and market context - ISO/RTO: PJM - Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) - Interconnection voltage: 230 kV ## Source-backed facts - Owner logo domain: odec.com — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Official project url: https://www.odec.com/generation-transmission/generation-facilities/ — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Owner name: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Description: Louisa Generation Facility is a 545.7-MW natural-gas power plant in Louisa County, Virginia, with five operating generating units. It is a natural gas-fired combustion-turbine facility that began commercial operation in 2003. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative built the facility and is its 100% owner and operator; the plant can also use distillate fuel oil when natural-gas supplies are unavailable. — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium - Canonical name: Louisa Generation Facility — GHG Summary Report · confidence: high - Identifiers.8: {"value":"LOUISA G1 / 651","system":"PJM RPM capacity resource"} — 2019-2020 Resource Model · confidence: medium - Identifiers.9: {"value":"LOUISA G2 / 652","system":"PJM RPM capacity resource"} — 2019-2020 Resource Model · confidence: medium - Identifiers.10: {"value":"LOUISA G3 / 653","system":"PJM RPM capacity resource"} — 2019-2020 Resource Model · confidence: medium - Identifiers.11: {"value":"LOUISA G4 / 654","system":"PJM RPM capacity resource"} — 2019-2020 Resource Model · confidence: medium - Identifiers.12: {"value":"LOUISA G5 / 655","system":"PJM RPM capacity resource"} — 2019-2020 Resource Model · confidence: medium - Identifiers.13: {"value":"1007183","system":"EPA GHGRP ID"} — EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data · confidence: high - Identifiers.14: {"value":"110071160837","system":"EPA FRS ID"} — EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data · confidence: high - Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner, operator, developer, and builder","name":"Old Dominion Electric Cooperative","official_url":"https://www.odec.com/"} — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Construction scope: The Louisa Generation Facility was built as a simple-cycle, natural-gas-fired peaking plant on an approximately 90-acre site, with about 30 acres developed for the plant. The documented equipment scope was one GE Frame 7FA combustion turbine and four GE 7EA combustion turbines; low-sulfur fuel oil was specified as backup fuel. The project also included a 230-kV interconnection, natural-gas pipeline connection, and water-supply infrastructure including an approximately 2.5-mile pipeline and an 80,000-gallon storage tank. ODEC's later history confirms the facility was built as a five-unit natural-gas combustion-turbine facility and entered commercial operation. — Federal Register :: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative; Notice of Intent · confidence: medium - Construction scope: The Louisa Generation Facility was built as a simple-cycle, natural-gas-fired peaking plant on an approximately 90-acre site, with about 30 acres developed for the plant. The documented equipment scope was one GE Frame 7FA combustion turbine and four GE 7EA combustion turbines; low-sulfur fuel oil was specified as backup fuel. The project also included a 230-kV interconnection, natural-gas pipeline connection, and water-supply infrastructure including an approximately 2.5-mile pipeline and an 80,000-gallon storage tank. ODEC's later history confirms the facility was built as a five-unit natural-gas combustion-turbine facility and entered commercial operation. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines — 7F Heavy Duty Gas Turbine | 7F.04/7F.05 · confidence: medium - Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) · confidence: medium - Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines — Aeroderivative and Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines · confidence: medium - Manufacturer name: GE — Federal Register :: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative; Notice of Intent · confidence: medium - Significance: Louisa Generation Facility is a natural-gas peaking plant designed to produce power quickly during periods of peak energy demand. ODEC describes it as a 504-MW facility, while EIA-based operating records report 545.7 MW of nameplate capacity across five generating units. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Description: Louisa Generation Facility is a five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County, Virginia. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative built the facility and is its 100% owner and operator. The plant can use low-sulfur fuel oil when natural-gas supplies are constrained or unavailable. Construction began in 2002 and commercial operation commenced in 2003. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Description: Louisa Generation Facility is a five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County, Virginia. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative built the facility and is its 100% owner and operator. The plant can use low-sulfur fuel oil when natural-gas supplies are constrained or unavailable. Construction began in 2002 and commercial operation commenced in 2003. — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium - Description: Louisa Generation Facility is a five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County, Virginia. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative built the facility and is its 100% owner and operator. The plant can use low-sulfur fuel oil when natural-gas supplies are constrained or unavailable. Construction began in 2002 and commercial operation commenced in 2003. — History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium - Financing summary: In April and June 2002, the Rural Utilities Service evaluated possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC, an Old Dominion Electric Cooperative subsidiary, for construction and operation of the plant. The sources disclose no financing amount, completed loan or bond transaction, financial-close date, sale consideration, or portfolio transaction value. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Financing summary: In April and June 2002, the Rural Utilities Service evaluated possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC, an Old Dominion Electric Cooperative subsidiary, for construction and operation of the plant. The sources disclose no financing amount, completed loan or bond transaction, financial-close date, sale consideration, or portfolio transaction value. — 18430 · confidence: medium - Timeline: [{"event":"Possible RUS financing assistance announced","date":"2001-04-09","detail":"RUS published an environmental-assessment notice concerning possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC's proposed 490-MW simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County. ODEC would construct and operate the plant."},{"event":"Construction began","date":"2002","detail":"ODEC began construction of the five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine facility in Louisa County."},{"event":"RUS finding of no significant impact","date":"2002-06-25","detail":"RUS issued a finding of no significant impact for the plant and stated that it might provide financing to Louisa Generation LLC, an ODEC subsidiary. The project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA turbines, natural gas as the primary fuel, and low-sulfur fuel oil as backup fuel."},{"event":"Commercial operation commenced","date":"2003","detail":"The Louisa Generation Facility commenced commercial operation. ODEC's history states that the facility is 100% owned and operated by ODEC."}] — 18430 · confidence: medium - Timeline: [{"event":"Possible RUS financing assistance announced","date":"2001-04-09","detail":"RUS published an environmental-assessment notice concerning possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC's proposed 490-MW simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County. ODEC would construct and operate the plant."},{"event":"Construction began","date":"2002","detail":"ODEC began construction of the five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine facility in Louisa County."},{"event":"RUS finding of no significant impact","date":"2002-06-25","detail":"RUS issued a finding of no significant impact for the plant and stated that it might provide financing to Louisa Generation LLC, an ODEC subsidiary. The project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA turbines, natural gas as the primary fuel, and low-sulfur fuel oil as backup fuel."},{"event":"Commercial operation commenced","date":"2003","detail":"The Louisa Generation Facility commenced commercial operation. ODEC's history states that the facility is 100% owned and operated by ODEC."}] — History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium - Timeline: [{"event":"Possible RUS financing assistance announced","date":"2001-04-09","detail":"RUS published an environmental-assessment notice concerning possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC's proposed 490-MW simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County. ODEC would construct and operate the plant."},{"event":"Construction began","date":"2002","detail":"ODEC began construction of the five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine facility in Louisa County."},{"event":"RUS finding of no significant impact","date":"2002-06-25","detail":"RUS issued a finding of no significant impact for the plant and stated that it might provide financing to Louisa Generation LLC, an ODEC subsidiary. The project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA turbines, natural gas as the primary fuel, and low-sulfur fuel oil as backup fuel."},{"event":"Commercial operation commenced","date":"2003","detail":"The Louisa Generation Facility commenced commercial operation. ODEC's history states that the facility is 100% owned and operated by ODEC."}] — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner, operator, developer, and builder","name":"Old Dominion Electric Cooperative","detail":"ODEC built the Louisa Generation Facility, became its sole owner, and operates it on a 100% ownership basis.","official_url":"https://www.odec.com/"},{"relationship":"Potential project financier and environmental-review agency","name":"Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture","detail":"RUS evaluated possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC and issued the June 2002 finding of no significant impact. — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium - Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner, operator, developer, and builder","name":"Old Dominion Electric Cooperative","detail":"ODEC built the Louisa Generation Facility, became its sole owner, and operates it on a 100% ownership basis.","official_url":"https://www.odec.com/"},{"relationship":"Potential project financier and environmental-review agency","name":"Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture","detail":"RUS evaluated possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC and issued the June 2002 finding of no significant impact. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner, operator, developer, and builder","name":"Old Dominion Electric Cooperative","detail":"ODEC built the Louisa Generation Facility, became its sole owner, and operates it on a 100% ownership basis.","official_url":"https://www.odec.com/"} — Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner, operator, developer, and builder","name":"Old Dominion Electric Cooperative","detail":"ODEC built the Louisa Generation Facility, became its sole owner, and operates it on a 100% ownership basis.","official_url":"https://www.odec.com/"} — History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Potential project financier and environmental-review agency","name":"Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture","detail":"RUS evaluated possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC and issued the June 2002 finding of no significant impact. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Natural-gas pipeline provider","name":"Columbia Gas of Virginia","detail":"The 2002 RUS project notice identified Columbia Gas of Virginia as the provider of natural gas through a distribution pipeline serving the proposed plant.","official_url":"https://www.columbiagasva.com/"} — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Combustion-turbine equipment supplier","name":"GE","detail":"The 2002 project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA combustion turbines.","official_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/"} — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Water-infrastructure owner and builder","name":"Louisa County Water Authority","detail":"The 2002 project notice identified the authority as the owner and builder of the water pipeline and storage tank serving the plant.","official_url":null} — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: medium - Quality notes.0: Reported capacity varies by source: ODEC describes the facility as 504 MW, the 2002 RUS project description gives a 490-MW nominal design, and EIA-based operating records report 545.7 MW of nameplate capacity. — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: high - Quality notes.2: No acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner, expansion, repowering, or confirmed retirement transaction was identified for this exact Louisa Generation Facility. — DEQ Facilities - Virginia Department of Energy · confidence: medium - Timeline.0: {"event":"Possible RUS financing assistance announced","date":"2001-04-09","detail":"RUS published an environmental-assessment notice concerning possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC's proposed 490-MW simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County. ODEC would construct and operate the plant."} — 18430 · confidence: high - Timeline.1: {"event":"Construction began","date":"2002","detail":"ODEC began construction of the five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine facility in Louisa County."} — History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: high - Timeline.2: {"event":"RUS finding of no significant impact","date":"2002-06-25","detail":"RUS issued a finding of no significant impact for the plant and stated that it might provide financing to Louisa Generation LLC, an ODEC subsidiary. The project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA turbines, natural gas as the primary fuel, and low-sulfur fuel oil as backup fuel."} — Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact · confidence: high - Timeline.3: {"event":"Commercial operation commenced","date":"2003","detail":"The Louisa Generation Facility commenced commercial operation. ODEC's history states that the facility is 100% owned and operated by ODEC."} — History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative · confidence: medium ## Timeline - 2001-04-09 — Possible RUS financing assistance announced RUS published an environmental-assessment notice concerning possible financing assistance for Louisa Generation LLC's proposed 490-MW simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant in Louisa County. ODEC would construct and operate the plant. Source: 18430 (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-04-09/pdf/01-8645.pdf) - 2002 — Construction began ODEC began construction of the five-unit natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine facility in Louisa County. Source: History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (https://www.odec.com/our-cooperative/history/) - 2002-06-25 — RUS finding of no significant impact RUS issued a finding of no significant impact for the plant and stated that it might provide financing to Louisa Generation LLC, an ODEC subsidiary. The project description specified one GE Frame 7FA and four GE 7EA turbines, natural gas as the primary fuel, and low-sulfur fuel oil as backup fuel. Source: Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/25/02-16029/louisa-generation-llc-notice-of-finding-of-no-significant-impact) - 2003 — Commercial operation commenced The Louisa Generation Facility commenced commercial operation. ODEC's history states that the facility is 100% owned and operated by ODEC. Source: History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (https://www.odec.com/our-cooperative/history/) ## Sources - [Generation Facilities – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative](https://www.odec.com/generation-transmission/generation-facilities/) — odec.com · tier other - [2019-2020 Resource Model](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2019-2020-rpm-resource-model.xlsx) — pjm.com · tier other - [EPA Facility Level GHG Emissions Data](https://ghgdata.epa.gov/flight/details/1007183/2023/E) — ghgdata.epa.gov · tier regulatory - [History – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative](https://www.odec.com/our-cooperative/history/) — odec.com · tier other - [GHG Summary Report](https://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/html/2023.do?id=1007183&et=undefined) — ghgdata.epa.gov · tier regulatory - [Source](https://odec.com/generation-transmission/generation-facilities) — odec.com · tier other - [Federal Register :: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative; Notice of Intent](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/04/09/01-8644/old-dominion-electric-cooperative-notice-of-intent) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory - [Federal Register :: Louisa Generation L.L.C.; Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/25/02-16029/louisa-generation-llc-notice-of-finding-of-no-significant-impact) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory - [7F Heavy Duty Gas Turbine | 7F.04/7F.05](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7f) — gevernova.com · tier other - [7E Gas Turbine (7E.03)](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e) — gevernova.com · tier other - [Aeroderivative and Heavy-Duty Gas Turbines](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines) — gevernova.com · tier other - [DEQ Facilities - Virginia Department of Energy](https://energy.virginia.gov/renewable-energy/documents/RetirementFossilFuels/Fossil%20Fuel%20Retirements%20Data%20FINAL.xlsx) — energy.virginia.gov · tier regulatory - [18430](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-04-09/pdf/01-8645.pdf) — govinfo.gov · tier regulatory - [10-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885568/000095017025040959/ck0000885568-20241231.htm) — sec.gov · tier regulatory - [Source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885568/000156459019006434/cik0000885568-10k_20181231.htm) — sec.gov · tier regulatory - [Keeping the Lights On – Old Dominion Electric Cooperative](https://www.odec.com/keeping-the-lights-on/) — odec.com · tier other - [Sheet1](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2026-2027/2026-2027-rpm-existing-resource-list-post.xlsx) — pjm.com · tier other ## Data quality - Reported capacity varies by source: ODEC describes the facility as 504 MW, the 2002 RUS project description gives a 490-MW nominal design, and EIA-based operating records report 545.7 MW of nameplate capacity. No acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner, expansion, repowering, or confirmed retirement transaction was identified for this exact Louisa Generation Facility. --- Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/louisa-generation-facility Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/