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EIA plant 10774

Franklin · Southampton · VA

Southampton Power Station

Operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co

Annual generation318,462 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWDSCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPJM Interconnection, LLCBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Southampton Power Station?

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36.652500, -76.995300

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyWood/Wood Waste Biomass71.1 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the VA plant index for regional peers.

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

134,378
224,451
315,860
435,162
532,943
635,508
725,088
830,498
97,028
1017,116
1131,273
1229,157

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
134,378
224,451
315,860
435,162
532,943
635,508
725,088
830,498
97,028
1017,116
1131,273
1229,157

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
134,378 MWh
224,451 MWh
315,860 MWh
435,162 MWh
532,943 MWh
635,508 MWh
725,088 MWh
830,498 MWh
97,028 MWh
1017,116 MWh
1131,273 MWh
1229,157 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Wood/Wood Waste BiomassWDS71.1OP

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EIA plant ID
10774
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Wells
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 6 has the highest recorded value (35,508 MWh) and 9 the lowest (7,028 MWh). Their difference is 28,480 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Wood/Wood Waste Biomass71.151.053.720.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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