How big is Warren County?

Warren County has a reported capacity of 1,472.2 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Warren County?

Warren County is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Warren County, VA, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Warren County located?

Warren County is in Warren County, VA, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Warren County?

Warren County 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 Warren County generate?

Warren County reported 8,333.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Warren County connect to the grid?

Warren County interconnects at Front Royal Switching Station, on the Virginia Electric & Power Company system.

How does Warren County compare to other plants?

By capacity, Warren County ranks #19 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #2 of 11 in VA.

Warren County — 1,472 MW gas plant, Warren County, VA

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Overview

Reported capacity: 1,472.2 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 55939
Virginia Electric & Power Co · Warren County · PJM
Operating status: Operating
Warren County is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2025.
Grid connection: Front Royal Switching Station
500 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Company
Commercial operation: December 10, 2014
Best-supported operating milestone.

Profile

Operating status: Warren County is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2025.
Grid role: Dispatchable combined-cycle generation supporting Dominion Zone demand, system reliability, voltage support, and transmission-system loading relief.
Grid connection: Front Royal Switching Station · 500 kV · Virginia Electric & Power Company.
Context: Warren County was described at commercial operation as the largest natural-gas-fueled generating facility in Virginia. In 2015, it was named both Overall Project of the Year and Best Natural Gas-Fired Project by Power Engineering and Renewable Energy World.
Physical build

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 1,472.2 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Commercial operation: December 10, 2014
Operating status: operating
Warren County is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2025.
Retirement: 2025
Warren County is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for 2025.
Interconnection: Front Royal Switching Station

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CT01	297.5 MW 263.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Dec 2014	Operating
CT02	297.5 MW 260.1 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Dec 2014	Operating
CT03	297.5 MW 259.4 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Dec 2014	Operating
ST01	579.7 MW 586.7 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	Dec 2014	Operating

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 1,472.2 MW; Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
National rank: #19; of 538 operating peers
VA rank: #2; of 11 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

8.33 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

67.4%

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

FRONT ROYAL

IN SERVICE · 500 kV

0.3 km

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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

Project Acquisition

Feb 2008

CPV Warren sold the Warren County development project to Dominion Virginia Power on February 8, 2008. The contemporaneous announcement identifies the seller as Competitive Power Ventures and states that the purchase price was confidential. The approximately 600 MW figure was the planned station size, not final contracted capacity.

Virginia Electric and Power Company · CPV Warren LLC · Competitive Power Ventures

Source

Epc And Plant Construction

Feb 2, 2012

The Virginia State Corporation Commission stated that Dominion Virginia Power had negotiated an engineering, procurement, and construction contract with substantially fixed costs. The estimated construction cost of the Warren County Power Station and transmission interconnection facilities was approximately $1.091 billion, excluding financing costs. Dominion's later project release identifies Burns & McDonnell and Zachry Construction as the firms that built the $1.1 billion plant.

$1.1BVirginia Electric and Power Company · Burns & McDonnell · Zachry Construction

Source

Land and environmental record

Emissions Control

Oct 2, 2025

Selective catalytic reduction and oxidation catalysts

Each of the three combined-cycle units uses ammonia-injection selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for NOx control and an oxidation catalyst for CO and VOC control.

Article 3 Federal Operating Permit Boilerplate

Title V Permit

Oct 2, 2025

Virginia DEQ Title V permit; Registration/Application Number VRO81391 / 81391-19

The current Virginia DEQ Title V listing identifies the Dominion–Warren facility by registration/application number 81391-19, while the permit document identifies Permit Registration Number VRO81391. The listed issuance date is October 2, 2025.

Issued Title V Permits | Virginia DEQ

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

2003
2003
Initial Predecessor ApprovalSource
The Virginia SCC approved CPV Warren LLC's construction of a 520 MW combined-cycle generating facility at the proposed site.
2007
2007
Predecessor Expansion Approval

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

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Bath County	2,862 MW	VA
North Anna	1,960.4 MW	VA
Greensville County Power Station	1,773.3 MW	VA
Surry	1,695 MW	VA
Mt Storm	1,680.9 MW	WV
Brunswick County Power Station	1,472.2 MW	VA
Warren CountyCurrent	1,472.2 MW	VA
Ladysmith	892.5 MW	VA

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

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