Mt Storm has a reported capacity of 1,680.9 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Mt Storm?

Mt Storm is a Petroleum Liquids, Conventional Steam Coal facility in Grant County, WV, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Mt Storm located?

Mt Storm is in Grant County, WV, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Mt Storm?

Mt Storm is operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

When did Mt Storm start operating?

Mt Storm reports a commercial operation date of 1966. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Form 860.

How much electricity does Mt Storm generate?

Mt Storm reported 4,892.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Mt Storm connect to the grid?

Mt Storm interconnects at MTSTORM4, on the Dominion Energy / Virginia Electric and Power Company system.

How does Mt Storm compare to other plants?

By capacity, Mt Storm ranks #33 of 206 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #3 of 9 in WV.

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Petroleum Liquids, Conventional Steam CoalPJM · Grant County

Mt Storm

Dominion Energy · Grant County · PJM

Mt Storm is a coal-fired power facility with 1,680.9 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Grant County, West Virginia, registered as EIA Plant ID 3954. Virginia Electric & Power Co is the registered plant entity or operator. Mt. Storm is a historic mine-mouth generating station and was described as the largest coal-fired power station owned and operated by Virginia Power. Commercial operation began in 1966. The facility interconnects at MTSTORM4 at 500 kV.

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Overview

Key fields

Reported capacity: 1,680.9 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Petroleum Liquids, Conventional Steam Coal
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 3954
Virginia Electric & Power Co · Grant County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Mt Storm is operating.
Grid connection: MTSTORM4
500 kV · Dominion Energy / Virginia Electric and Power Company
Commercial operation: 1966
Best-supported operating milestone.

Profile

Grid role: Baseload generation serving Dominion Energy Virginia customers and the broader PJM region.
Grid connection: MTSTORM4 · 500 kV · Dominion Energy / Virginia Electric and Power Company.
Context: Mt. Storm is a historic mine-mouth generating station and was described as the largest coal-fired power station owned and operated by Virginia Power.
Physical build: Three coal-fired generating units with three tangentially fired Combustion Engineering boilers, three steam turbines, six coal mills, three scrubbers, and three SCR systems. The exact EIA plant also includes one petroleum-liquids/jet-fuel simple-cycle combustion-turbine generator, JF1, rated at 18.5 MW nameplate.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 1,680.9 MW
Petroleum Liquids, Conventional Steam Coal
Commercial operation: 1966
Operating status: operating
Mt Storm is operating.
Interconnection: MTSTORM4
500 kV · Dominion Energy / Virginia Electric and Power Company
Location

Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	570.2 MW 541.9 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Sep 1965	Operating
2	570.2 MW 551.6 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Jul 1966	Operating
3	522 MW 520 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Dec 1973	Operating
JF1	18.5 MW 11 MW summer

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 1,662.4 MW
National rank: #33
WV rank: #3

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

4.89 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Apr 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

29.5%

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

MOUNT STORM

IN SERVICE · 500 kV

0.7 km

GREENLAND GAP

Commercial, land, and environmental record

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

Transactions and agreements

Fuel Supply Agreement

Jan 15, 1996

Mettiki Coal Corporation agreed to sell, and Virginia Electric and Power Company agreed to purchase, coal from the Mettiki mine in Garrett County, Maryland for use at the Mt. Storm Power Station. The agreement ran through December 31, 2006; spot purchases were also permitted.

Virginia Electric and Power Company · Mettiki Coal Corporation

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Fuel Supply Agreement

Jun 22, 2005

Alliance Coal agreed to supply coal to the VEPCO Mt. Storm Power Station from the Mountain View mine. The agreement was described as a seven-year agreement, with deliveries beginning on or after January 1, 2007 and continuing through December 31, 2013.

7 yearsVirginia Electric and Power Company · Alliance Coal, LLC

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Commercial Restructuring Agreement

Jun 22, 2005

An amended and restated MOU among Virginia Electric and Power Company, Alliance Coal, and Mettiki Coal addressed the successor coal supply agreement, feedstock agreements for the Mt. Storm synfuel facility, and the arrangement under which VEPCO would purchase qualifying synthetic fuel produced from coal supplied to the facility.

Virginia Electric and Power Company · Alliance Coal, LLC · Mettiki Coal, LLC

Source

Contract Amendment

Jan 1, 2007

Amendment No. 1 to the Alliance Coal supply agreement provided for additional spot tonnage to the Mt. Storm Station beginning on or after January 1, 2007 and continuing through December 31, 2008.

Virginia Electric and Power Company · Alliance Coal, LLC

Source

Tax-Credit And Coal Supply Arrangement

Jan 1, 2007

The MOU among VEPCO, Alliance Coal, Mettiki Coal (WV), and Mettiki Coal addressed coal deliveries to Mt. Storm, third-party or monetizer coal supply arrangements, and Maryland mined-coal tax-credit economics. Any credits or per-ton amounts disclosed in the filing were redacted.

Virginia Electric and Power Company · Alliance Coal, LLC · Mettiki Coal (WV), LLC · Mettiki Coal, LLC

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Land and environmental record

Air Permit Modification

2026

WVDEP air modification permit R14-0043, facility ID 023-00003

The WVDEP NSR-permit listing identifies Virginia Electric and Power Company and Mt. Storm Power Station under permit number R14-0043, facility ID 023-00003, with permit type Modification. The retrieved listing does not state the modification's detailed equipment scope.

NSR Permit Applications

Cooling Water

Mt. Storm Lake is the station's cooling-water source; maintained at approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit

Dominion states that Mt. Storm Lake water is circulated through the power station to provide equipment cooling and that the circulation maintains the lake at approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mt Storm Lake WV | Dominion Energy

County Appraisal Parcel

Aug 2, 2026

Virginia Electric & Power Co. county parcel: 2,692.590 deeded acres

Grant County's 2026 real-estate assessment record identifies Virginia Electric & Power Co. as owner of parcel 12-05-0225-0001-0000, book/page 69/455, with legal description '2680.67 AC SURFACE HERR TR STONEY' and 2,692.590 deeded acres. This is an associated tax parcel, not a verified total acreage for the entire generating-station complex.

WV Real Estate Assessment Data

County Appraisal Parcel

Aug 2, 2026

Virginia Electric & Power Co. county parcel: 5,648.10 calculated acres

The same Grant County assessment record reports 5,648.10 calculated acres for the parcel. The calculated acreage should not be treated as the station's total developed or fenced footprint.

WV Real Estate Assessment Data

Groundwater Compliance

2024

Phase B remains under assessment monitoring; no 2024 Appendix IV constituent exceeded its groundwater-protection standard

Dominion's 2024 annual CCR report states that the Phase B unit began assessment monitoring in April 2018. It reports no confirmed Appendix IV constituent at a statistically significant level above the groundwater-protection standard in 2024, no remedy selection, and no remedial activities; WSP recommended continuing the assessment-monitoring program.

Mount Storm Phase B Landfill 2024 Annual Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action Report

Related parties and identifiers

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Parties and identifiers

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Reporting portfolio

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Sep 1965
Sep 1965
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
1966
1966
Unit 2 commercial operation

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Greensville County Power Station	1,773.3 MW	VA
Surry	1,695 MW	VA
Mt StormCurrent	1,680.9 MW	WV
Brunswick County Power Station	1,472.2 MW	VA
Warren County	1,472.2 MW	VA
Ladysmith	892.5 MW	VA

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