How big is Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center?

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center has a reported capacity of 668 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center?

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is a Conventional Steam Coal facility in Wise County, VA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center located?

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is in Wise County, VA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center?

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center 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 Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center generate?

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center reported 2,078.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center compare to other plants?

By capacity, Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center ranks #101 of 206 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #2 of 3 in VA.

Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center — 668 MW coal plant, VA

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Overview

Reported capacity: 668 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Conventional Steam Coal
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 56808
Virginia Electric & Power Co · Wise County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2045.
Commercial operation: July 10, 2012
Best-supported operating milestone.

Profile

Operating status: Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2045.
Grid role: Baseload electric generation
Context: Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is a notable fuel-flexible solid-fuel facility: its two circulating-fluidized-bed boilers can burn run-of-mine coal, waste coal or gob, and woody biomass. The project also uses one of the industry’s largest air-cooled condenser systems to reduce water use and was designed to support regional waste-coal reclamation.
Physical build: The Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center includes two Foster Wheeler fuel-flexible circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boilers, a single Toshiba 668 MW nameplate steam turbine, and air-quality-control equipment including a dry scrubber, baghouse particulate filter, selective noncatalytic reduction system, and activated-carbon injection system. The project also included erection of the CFB boilers, steam turbine, and a large generator stator.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 668 MW
Conventional Steam Coal
Commercial operation: July 10, 2012
Operating status: operating
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2045.
Retirement: 2045
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2045.
Location: Wise County

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	668 MW 610 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Bituminous Coal · ST	Jul 2012	Operating

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 668 MW; Conventional Steam Coal
National rank: #101; of 206 operating peers
VA rank: #2; of 3 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

2.08 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

34.7%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

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Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

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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

Annual Cost Recovery Approval

Feb 8, 2022

The SCC approved a Rider S revenue requirement of $191.532 million for Rate Year 1 commencing April 1, 2022, for recovery of Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center costs consisting of an actual cost true-up of negative $1.425 million and projected recovery of $192.957 million.

$191.5MVirginia Electric and Power Company · Virginia State Corporation Commission

-8 2022 12 A FEB

Annual Cost Recovery Approval

Feb 8, 2022

The same SCC Rider S order approved a projected revenue requirement of $191.292 million for Rate Year 2 commencing April 1, 2023, for recovery of Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center costs.

$191.3MVirginia Electric and Power Company · Virginia State Corporation Commission

-8 2022 12 A FEB

Land and environmental record

Coal-Ash Landfill Design And Monitoring

2016

Lined CCR landfill with groundwater monitoring, leachate collection, and low-permeability final cover

The Curley Hollow closure plan identifies groundwater-monitoring requirements under 40 CFR 257.90–257.98, a leachate-collection system, and a final cover using either 40-mil PVC or 60-mil textured HDPE geomembrane. Dominion's facility page describes the landfill as fully lined.

Curley Hollow CCR Rule Closure Plan

Environmental-Compliance Settlement

Oct 2, 2025

Included in a Dominion-wide EPA consent decree resolving NPDES, stormwater, unauthorized-discharge, state-water-law, EPCRA, and CERCLA claims; company-wide penalty $1,400,000

EPA's settlement materials expressly list Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, St. Paul, Virginia, among the facilities covered by the consent decree. The $1.4 million penalty applies to the Dominion defendant and covered claims collectively across multiple facilities, not solely to VCHEC.

Virginia Electric and Power Company (d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia) Settlement Information Sheet | US EPA

Landfill Closure Schedule

Jan 2034

Estimated landfill final closure date: January 2034; subject to change

The closure plan estimates final closure in January 2034, but expressly states that the date may change with fossil-fuel-product production, plant outages, and beneficial offsite use. Post-closure care is specified as 30 years.

Curley Hollow CCR Rule Closure Plan

Landfill Permitted Area

2016

Approximately 160 acres permitted for the Curley Hollow landfill

The Curley Hollow Solid Waste Management Facility is permitted for development of approximately 160 acres for disposal of fossil-fuel combustion products produced at VCHEC.

Curley Hollow CCR Rule Closure Plan

Pending Air-Permit Renewal

Jul 17, 2026

Federal Operating Permit—Acid Rain Sources renewal draft; Registration No. 11526

A July 2026 public notice sought comment on a draft DEQ federal operating permit renewal for the facility. The proposed permit would allow continued operation of the coal-fired electric-generating and support equipment. The public-comment period runs July 17 through August 17, 2026, so the renewal was still pending as of the supplied current date.

Environmental Permit - Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center

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Timeline and sources

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Project timeline

Feb 2007
Feb 2007
EPC Contract AwardedTOP PLANT: ...
Dominion awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract to The Shaw Group Inc.
Jun 30, 2008
Jun 30, 2008

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

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