Dominion has received approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to build the Warren County Power Station (> SCC news release). It will be constructed on a 39-acre site in the Warren Industrial Park, approximately three miles north of Front Royal. The close proximity to Northern Virginia will enable it to serve a growing, high-demand region in the company's service area.
The proposed station would be powered solely by natural gas and would be among the cleanest fossil-fuel fired facilities in the nation. The station would have three combustion turbines and a steam turbine. It would generate 1,329 megawatts of electricity, or enough energy to power approximately 325,000 homes. Commercial operation is scheduled for late 2014 or early 2015.
The power station is helping Dominion close a gap of 5,600 megawatts of generation needed in its service area by 2019 as identified by PJM Interconnection LLC, the regional independent system operator of the 13-state transmission system.
The station has received approval from Warren County, an air permit from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and a water agreement from Front Royal. As part of its air permit, Dominion agreed to mitigate potential impact on Shenandoah National Park by agreeing to close North Branch Power Station, a coal-fired power station in West Virginia.
An artist's rendering of the station is provided below.
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