Dominion Energy has announced plans for a massive new 3,000-megawatt natural gas power plant in Cumberland County along the James River — a project so enormous it would be roughly five times larger than Dominion’s existing Bear Garden Power Plant, which already operates on the river in neighboring Buckingham County. The proposal signals a dramatic expansion of industrial energy development in Central Virginia at a time when communities are already pushing back against pollution, transmission corridors, water quality impacts, and the growing energy demands of data centers. For residents of Buckingham and surrounding counties who have spent years living with the environmental and industrial footprint of large-scale energy projects, the Cumberland proposal deepens concerns that rural communities are increasingly facing even greater industrialization and environmental risks as Dominion accelerates its energy buildout.

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Dominion announces plans for new 3-gigawatt gas plant in Cumberland County