9th largest plant in Virginia · 312th nationally
Tenaska Virginia Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 1,011 MW. It generates roughly 3.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 374,572 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 44% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 856 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,011 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Tenaska Virginia Generating Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Tenaska Virginia Partners Lp |
| City | Scottsville |
| County | Fluvanna County |
| State | Virginia |
| ZIP | 24590 |
| Coordinates | 37.86670, -78.38130 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 390 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 207 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 207 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 207 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tenaska Virginia I Lp | Omaha, NE | 9900.0% |
| Tenaska Virginia Inc | Omaha, NE | 35.0% |
| Tc Virginia Gp Llc | Omaha, NE | 35.0% |
| Tenaska Tvp General, Llc | Omaha, NE | 30.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 1.7M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 9 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 104 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 856 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.