How many hydro power plants are in Virginia?

Virginia has 26 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 3.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Virginia?

Bath County in Bath County, Virginia is the largest, at 2,862 MW. It came online in 1985.

How many hydro power plants were built in Virginia in 2025?

0 hydro power plants came online in Virginia in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing hydro power plants in Virginia?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Hydro power plants in Virginia

Virginia has 26 operating hydro power plants with 3.9 GW of capacity.

Operating26

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Virginia had 25 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 26 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Hydro power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Virginia

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Bath County	Bath County	1985	2,862 MW
2	Smith Mountain	Pittsylvania County	1980	548 MW
3	John H Kerr	Mecklenburg County	2008	297 MW
4	Claytor	Pulaski County	1939	75 MW
5	Leesville	Pittsylvania County	1964	40 MW
6	Byllesby 2	Carroll County	1912	22 MW
7	Philpott Lake	Henry County	1953	14 MW
8	Reusens	Campbell County	1903	13 MW
9	Pinnacles	Patrick County	2021	12 MW
10	Buck Hydro	Carroll County	1912	8 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Virginia

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Pinnacles	Patrick County	2021	12 MW
2	John H Kerr	Mecklenburg County	2008	297 MW
3	Brasfield	Chesterfield County	1993	3 MW
4	Schoolfield Dam	Pittsylvania County	1990	5 MW
5	North Anna	Louisa County	1987	1 MW
6	Snowden	Bedford County	1987	5 MW
7	Emporia	Greensville County	1986	3 MW
8	Bath County	Bath County	1985	2,862 MW
9	Coleman Falls	Bedford County	1983	2 MW
10	Fries Hydroelectric Project	Grayson County	1981	5 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Virginia

How many hydro power plants are in Virginia?: Virginia has 26 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 3.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Virginia?: Bath County in Bath County, Virginia is the largest, at 2,862 MW. It came online in 1985.
How many hydro power plants were built in Virginia in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Virginia in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Virginia?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.