Generation Facilities

Maintaining a diversified mix of fuels to provide a constant flow of electricity is critical to achieving our mission of delivering affordable, reliable electricity to our member cooperatives. Whether through direct ownership or co-ownership, ODEC operates 3 power generation facilities in Virginia and Maryland, incorporating both baseload fuel sources and natural gas facilities to help fill the needs of our member-owners during periods of peak demand.

Wildcat Point

To provide clean, reliable power at the lowest possible cost, ODEC built Wildcat Point, a combined-cycle, natural gas power plant in Cecil County, Maryland. Wildcat Point is one of the cleanest natural gas facilities of its size in Maryland.

Wildcat Point Facts

  • Wildcat Point generates 980 megawatts
  • That is enough to power 390,000 homes in the region annually
  • Wildcat Point is located approximately 5.5 miles from the Town of Rising Sun, Maryland and 19 miles from Elkton, Maryland

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Megawatts

Louisa

In 2003, ODEC built, and became the sole owner of, this 504-megawatt natural gas peaking facility in Gordonsville, Virginia. Natural gas is the primary fuel; however, the facility operates on low-sulfur fuel oil when supplies of natural gas are restrained or otherwise unavailable.

Louisa Facts

  • Gas-fired, combustion-turbine stations continually prove their worth on the hottest and coldest days of the year
  • They produce power quickly and with low emissions
  • This makes them ideal power generation sources during periods of peak energy demand

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Megawatts

Marsh Run

Marsh Run Power Station is a 504-megawatt natural gas peaking facility with low CO2 emissions built in 2004 by ODEC, which is its sole owner.

Marsh Run Facts

  • The location of Fauquier County for Marsh Run Power Station was chosen for its proximity to major natural gas and electrical transmission corridors
  • Gas-fired combustion turbines, such as those at Marsh Run, are ideal because they:
    • Are able to produce electricity quickly to meet peak-power requirements when the demand for electricity is the greatest
    • Are low emission

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Megawatts

Clover

Located in Halifax County, Virginia, Clover Power station serves more than 550,000 homes, farms and business customers in rural and suburban communities. When first constructed in 1995 through a partnership between ODEC and Dominion Energy, Clover Power Station established a commitment to environmental protection.

Clover Facts

  • ⅓ of the 866-megawatt station’s $1.2 billion cost was dedicated to state-of-the-art pollution control technology, giving it the ability to remove 95% of all sulfur dioxide emissions
  • By producing energy from coal in a clean and economical way — and by replacing power from older coal-fired stations— Clover is a vital part of meeting Virginia’s present and future electricity needs

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Megawatts

North Anna

In 1983, ODEC purchased an 11.6-percent undivided interest in this 1,863-megawatt baseload power plant, located in Louisa County, Virginia, from Dominion Energy.

North Anna Facts

  • The station’s 2 generating units have a combined capacity of 1,863 megawatts
  • That is enough electricity to power 450,000 homes
  • The North Anna Power Station is among the lowest-cost nuclear generating stations in the nation and ranks in the top quartile of nuclear stations nationwide that produce the lowest-cost electricity

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Megawatts

Diesel Generators

ODEC owns and operates eleven diesel generators located at six sites in the Virginia counties of Accomack, Amelia, Highland and Southampton.

Diesel Generator Facts

  • Together the locations generate a capacity of 26 megawatts
  • The generators, which run on ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel oil stored on site, are brought online to support system reliability in the event of system transmission problems

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