Power plant · Virginia, United States
Bellmeade Power Station
Bellmeade Power Station is a closed gas power plant in Virginia, United States, with 330 MW of capacity, operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Grid connection
It closed in 2019, which freed up a 330 MW grid connection at 230 kV to the grid of Virginia Electric & Power Co, unless it has been reassigned since.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Virginia | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1997 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2019 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Virginia Electric & Power Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 330 MW (nameplate of its retired generators) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Virginia Electric & Power Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 230 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 37.4964, -77.4317 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Bellmeade Power Station is the 23rd-largest of 27 power plants in Virginia and the 878th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 330 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 23rd of 27 | 23,885 MW | 1.4% |
| United States | 878th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,551st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 30 data centers (4 operating, 644 MW), 4 mines (3 operating) and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center at 3250 East Williamsburg Road, Sandston | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Bank of America - Villa Park Drive | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| RIC3 DC3 | Data center | — | Under construction | 16 km |
| Meta Research SuperCluster (RSC-1) Phase 1 | AI supercomputer | 1,917 H100e | Operating | 17 km |
| Meta Research SuperCluster (RSC-1) Phase 2 | AI supercomputer | 5,045 H100e | Operating | 17 km |
| Jack Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 35 km |
| King William | Mine | — | Operating | 37 km |
| Montpelier Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 43 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Virginia Electric & Power Co
- Bath County2,862 MW
- Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Commercial Project2,640 MW · under construction
- North Anna1,960 MW
- Greensville County Power Station1,773 MW
- Surry1,695 MW
- Mt Storm1,681 MW
- Warren County1,472 MW
- Brunswick County Power Station1,472 MW
Other power plants in Virginia
- Bath County2,862 MW
- North Anna1,960 MW
- Greensville County Power Station1,773 MW
- Surry1,695 MW
- Brunswick County Power Station1,472 MW
- Warren County1,472 MW
- Doswell Energy Center1,313 MW
- Yorktown1,257 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.
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