With electricity demand predicted to double, Dominion Energy looks to add “peaker plants”
July 16, 2024
In 2020, Virginia became the first southern state to lay out a legal mandate for a carbon-free electrical grid.
That’s why it was a surprise to many when Dominion Energy announced plans to build a new natural gas plant in Chesterfield County. It could be the first of several so-called peaker plants around the state.
Dominion Energy says in order to keep the electric grid reliable they may need to build up to eight new natural gas plants in the next 10 to 15 years. The plants, sometimes called peaker plants, would be designed to come on only when needed.
