Electrical Generation

Cumberland County | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Regulation | Virginia

Dominion Advances Plan for New 3 GW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Va.
July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

In May, Dominion Energy announced plans to construct a multibillion-dollar, 3-gigwatt (GW) combined-cycle natural gas power plant in Cumberland County to address the state’s rapidly increasing electricity demand, particularly from data centers (see Dominion Energy Floats Plan for New 3 GW Gas-Fired Power in Virginia). The proposed Cumberland Energy Center, situated on 900 acres, will include two natural gas units capable of future hydrogen use. If regulatory approvals are secured, construction will begin in 2029, with operations commencing between 2033 and 2034, generating power for approximately 750,000 homes. Read More “Dominion Advances Plan for New 3 GW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Va.”
Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | South Carolina

SC PSC Won’t Reconsider Its Approval of Edisto River Gas-Fired Plant
July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

In June, members of the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a revised project proposal to build a 1,020-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the state’s Lowcountry, in Colleton County (see SC PSC Approves Revised Gas-Fired Plant Proposed for Edisto River). The project, originally estimated to cost $2.5 billion, is a 50/50 partnership between Dominion Energy (formerly South Carolina Electric & Gas) and Santee Cooper (South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility). The plant location is at the retired coal-fired plant, Canadys Station. However, both the scope and the cost doubled last fall (see Dominion’s SC Canadys Gas-Fired Power Plant Doubles in Price). The PSC approved the doubled size/cost of the project in June. Their approval set off a firestorm of legal actions. Read More “SC PSC Won’t Reconsider Its Approval of Edisto River Gas-Fired Plant”
Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | South Carolina

Kershaw County, SC Approves 500 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant Project
July 16, 2026July 16, 2026

Here’s a new gas-fired power plant project not previously on our radar. Beaufort Rosemary, a Virginia-based company, wants to build a 500-megawatt (MW) dual-fuel natural gas and propane power plant on 50 to 80 acres of land in Bethune, South Carolina, in Kershaw County. Officials say the project would bring more than $900 million in economic impact, hundreds of construction jobs, and 15 to 20 permanent jobs once fully operational. After hours of public debate, Kershaw County Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to approve a 40-year tax incentive deal. Read More “Kershaw County, SC Approves 500 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant Project”
Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Licking County | M&A | Ohio | Williams | Wood County (OH)

Williams Sells 49% of Five Ohio Gas-Fired Power Plants for $5.34B
July 14, 2026July 14, 2026

Pipeline giant Williams announced a $5.34 billion investment led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, in partnership with Apollo and KKR, to fund its five behind-the-meter Power Innovation projects: Socrates, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger, and Neo. All five projects are located in Ohio and will use Utica (or Marcellus) shale gas. In exchange for the money, the investors receive a 49% noncontrolling ownership stake, while Williams retains 51% ownership and operational control, plus a buyout right between years 7 and 14. While the headline numbers focus on high-finance metrics, the practical, on-the-ground effect of this deal directly reshapes the Appalachian natural gas landscape, pipeline dynamics, and the regional race to power the AI-driven data center boom. Read More “Williams Sells 49% of Five Ohio Gas-Fired Power Plants for $5.34B”
AI | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues

Northeastern States Position Themselves for Data Center Growth
July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

Northeastern states outside established data center hubs are positioning for major growth that could reshape regional natural gas demand. Surprisingly, blue state Maryland is emerging as a secondary data center hub, supported by large hyperscale projects, new gas-fired generation, and transmission upgrades. Delaware is constrained by coastal regulation, while Massachusetts, Connecticut, and even the Communist state of Rhode Island are seeing proposals (although there is stiff opposition in all of those states). Maine is weighing large-load rules as a mill conversion advances, and New Hampshire and Vermont remain limited. Read More “Northeastern States Position Themselves for Data Center Growth”
Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Chesterfield County | Dominion Energy | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Virginia

CBF Supports Antis in Lawsuit to Block Dominion Va. Peaker Plants
July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

Over the years, we have chronicled the far-left Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) lawfare against fracking, gas-fired power plants, and pipelines (see our stories here). So it comes as no surprise that CBF is once again attacking a gas-related project in Virginia, Dominion Energy’s $1.47 billion natural gas plant in Chesterfield County. In February, the far-left Southern Environmental Law Center, representing three radical nonprofits, appealed the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) approval of the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center (see Radical Groups File Lawsuit to Block Dominion Va. Peaker Plants). CBF has just filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting the SCC’s lawfare against the project. Read More “CBF Supports Antis in Lawsuit to Block Dominion Va. Peaker Plants”
AI | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | New York | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Virginia

Surge in Data Centers Helps Drive M-U Gas Demand in the Northeast
July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

Data center growth is rapidly reshaping Northeast power and natural gas markets, with projects clustering near transmission lines, substations, gas-fired power generation, and pipeline corridors. Virginia remains the epicenter, led by Northern Virginia’s massive hyperscale hub and tens of gigawatts of planned capacity. Ohio is emerging fast around Columbus, with more than 15 GW proposed. Pennsylvania could become a major growth story, pairing Marcellus/Utica gas resources with large campuses such as Homer City’s planned 4.5-GW gas-fired/data center redevelopment. However, PA is attempting to shoot itself in the foot with talk of both short- and long-term moratoriums on new data center construction. So, the jury is still very much out on how successful PA will be with data centers. Read More “Surge in Data Centers Helps Drive M-U Gas Demand in the Northeast”
Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | M&A | New York | Orange County

PowerTransitions Buys 6th Gas-Fired Power Plant in Anti-Gas NY
July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

In April, MDN reported that PowerTransitions, an independent power producer specializing in redeveloping legacy power facilities, had agreed to acquire five New York gas-fired power plants — Batavia, Hillburn, Massena, Shoemaker, and Sterling — totaling 323 megawatts (MW) from Alliance Energy Group affiliates (see PowerTransitions Buying 5 Gas-Fired Power Plants in Anti-Gas NY). PowerTransitions announced a new deal yesterday to buy a sixth NY gas-fired power plant whose output dwarfs the other five combined. PowerTransitions has entered into an agreement to acquire the 1,242 MW Roseton Generating Facility in Newburgh, New York, from a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC. As with the first deal (for five plants), the terms were not disclosed. Read More “PowerTransitions Buys 6th Gas-Fired Power Plant in Anti-Gas NY”
Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Licking County | Ohio | Regulation | Williams

Ohio Power Siting Board OKs 5th NatGas Power Plant in New Albany
July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

In February, MDN alerted you to yet another gas-fired power plant project that Williams (the pipeline giant) was adding to its roster. Williams entered the gas-fired power plant space (actually building and operating them) in April 2025 via a subsidiary called Will-Power (see Williams Subsidiary Unveils Plans for Gas-Fired Power Plant in Ohio). So far, Williams’ Will-Power is working on four projects. Scratch that! You can add a fifth project to the list, recently approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board. Read More “Ohio Power Siting Board OKs 5th NatGas Power Plant in New Albany”
Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | New York

New Power JV Forms to Own 3 Northeast Plants Fed by M-U Molecules
July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

Northampton Capital Partners, a middle-market infrastructure asset manager with roughly $1.4 billion under management, has partnered with New Jersey–based Olympus Power to form a joint venture called Winslow Power. Winslow has agreed to acquire three natural gas–fired power plants totaling 752 MW from a Vistra Corp. subsidiary: the 541-MW Casco Bay combined-cycle facility in Veazie, Maine; the 108-MW Beaver Falls dual-fuel turbine in Croghan, NY; and the 103-MW Syracuse dual-fuel turbine in Solvay, NY. Pending regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close later in 2026. And yes, there is a Marcellus/Utica connection in this story. Read More “New Power JV Forms to Own 3 Northeast Plants Fed by M-U Molecules”
Carroll County | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Regulation

PJM Rejects Waiver to Make Changes in OH $2B Gas-Fired Power Plant
June 30, 2026July 1, 2026

Chestnut Run Energy plans to construct a $2 billion natural gas-powered electric power plant in Carroll County, Ohio, capable of powering up to 900,000 homes (see Chestnut Run Energy to Build 1.3 GW Power Plant in Carroll County). The 30-acre facility, located near the existing Carroll County Energy plant, will utilize state-of-the-art gas turbines and combined-cycle technology. It was accepted into the grid manager PJM’s “fast track” review program. But there’s a problem that threatens to bump it out of the fast lane and into the slow review lane.

NOTE: The original article that we quote below has been tweaked to correct a couple of misstatements.

Read More “PJM Rejects Waiver to Make Changes in OH $2B Gas-Fired Power Plant”
Electrical Generation | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Montour County | Pennsylvania | Talen Energy

PA DEP Posts Details on Talen’s Proposed Montour Gas-Fired Plant
June 29, 2026June 29, 2026

Earlier this month, MDN brought you the news that Talen Energy would file an application to expand its power generation facility with two new gas-fired power units in Montour County, PA (see Talen Files with PJM to Add More Gas-Fired Power in Montour County). The new units would operate alongside Talen’s existing natural gas-fired plant, which was converted to run on gas from coal in 2023 (see Talen Energy’s Montour, PA Coal to Gas Power Conversion Nearly Done). However, the notice Talen sent to the Montour County Commission contained no specifics (such as how much power, etc.). We now have specifics. Read More “PA DEP Posts Details on Talen’s Proposed Montour Gas-Fired Plant”
Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Trumbull County

New 953-MW Utica-Fired Power Plant Goes Online in Lordstown, OH
June 25, 2026June 25, 2026

Trumbull Energy Center Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

In January 2017, Clean Energy Future (CEF), based in Massachusetts, announced it would build a second Utica gas-fired power plant in Lordstown next to the Lordstown Energy Center (see Details on Newly Announced Trumbull Energy Center Electric Plant). In late 2022, the project finished securing its financing ($1.2 billion), and construction began (see Trumbull Energy Center Secures Financing, Construction Begins ASAP). The good news is that the plant, fed by Utica Shale gas, began operations earlier this year. However, the project’s owners celebrated its official launch yesterday. Read More “New 953-MW Utica-Fired Power Plant Goes Online in Lordstown, OH”
AI | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Statewide PA

Brilliant: Convert PA Coal-Fired Sites to Gas-Fired AI Data Centers
June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

Just yesterday, MDN brought you the great news of the economic and jobs boom happening in Indiana County (Homer City), for a gas-fired AI data center project happening at what was Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant complex (see Homer City Economic Boom Now Under Way from Data Center Project). The Homer City project is a fantastic example of what can be done, what IS being done, to turn old (retired) coal-fired power plants into gas-fired AI data centers. Read More “Brilliant: Convert PA Coal-Fired Sites to Gas-Fired AI Data Centers”
Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues

TVA Forecasts Needing Another 26 GW of Gas-Fired Power by 2040
June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s preliminary 2026 Integrated Resource Plan calls for adding 7 to 26 GW of natural gas capacity through 2040, citing load growth—driven largely by data centers and AI—that already outpaces its reference forecast and approaches its higher-growth scenario. TVA also plans up to 5 GW of nuclear, 1-5 GW of storage, 2-5 GW of unreliable renewables, and 2-3 GW of efficiency and demand response. It recommends pursuing solar while suspending wind, extending nuclear licenses, and continuing to operate its coal fleet. Read More “TVA Forecasts Needing Another 26 GW of Gas-Fired Power by 2040”
AI | Economic Impact | Electrical Generation | Indiana County | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Pennsylvania

Homer City Economic Boom Now Under Way from Data Center Project
June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

Earlier this month, Homer City Generation announced the early completion of demolition and excavation work at its Indiana County, Pennsylvania, site, marking a major milestone in transforming the former coal-fired power plant into a gas-fired power plant and AI data center complex (see PA’s Homer City Gas-Fired Project Completes Site Demolition Early). Some 1,300 skilled workers are currently on site building what will become North America’s largest energy campus of its kind. The number of workers may grow to 10,000! All of those workers in a relatively rural area like Homer City/Indiana County equals growing pains. Read More “Homer City Economic Boom Now Under Way from Data Center Project”