Dominion Virginia Power plans to use a mix of cost-effective generation – including biomass, new natural gas-fired units and coal-fired units converted to natural gas – coupled with additional conservation and load management programs to meet growing customer demand for electricity over the next 15 years.
In an update of the Integrated Resource Plan filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion said it expects total electricity demand to increase by nearly 30 percent by 2026, even after conservation measures are implemented. Along with new generation, retrofitting and repowering existing units and conservation initiatives, the update includes plans to erect new transmission lines and upgrade others.
Because of upcoming changes in federal environmental regulations, including those currently in draft form, Dominion also incorporated in the Plan the following likely actions:
• The coal-fired Chesapeake Energy Center in Chesapeake, Va., would likely close by 2016. Two of the four units are expected to be shut down by 2015 and the remaining two units likely would be shut down a year later.
• One coal-fired unit at the Yorktown Power Station in Yorktown, Va., would likely close by 2015 and a second coal-fired unit would likely be converted to natural gas.
• New air emissions controls may need to be installed on Yorktown Unit 3 and Possum Point Unit 5 in Northern Virginia, two large oil-burning units that provide power primarily during peak demand times, depending on the final versions of federal regulations.
 Chesapeake Energy Center - click for hi-res image. |
 Yorktown Power Station - click for hi-res image. |
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