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CERC Rendering

Stop by community open houses to learn more about CERC:

  • Monday, March 24, 2025, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Homewood Suites Chester, 12810 Old Stage Road, Chester, VA 23836
  • Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Bellwood Elementary School, 9536 Dawnshire Road, North Chesterfield, VA 23237
  • Thursday, March 27, 2025, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Varina Elementary School, 2551 New Market Road, Richmond, VA 23231

All community open houses will be public events with the project team available to answer questions. A Spanish-translator will also be available.

Cannot make it to one of our open houses? Stop by during office hours: Every Tuesday, March 25-April 29, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Dominion Energy Training Center, 11501 Old Stage Road, Chester, VA 23836. A Spanish-translator will be available March 25 and April 22.

Benefits for Virginia and Chesterfield County

During Construction (Total)


Worker
955 direct, indirect, and induced jobs (490+ in Chesterfield)

local annual output
$252.9 Million in economic activity ($103+ Million in Chesterfield)

money bill assist
$59.2 Million associated wages and benefits ($26.9 Million in Chesterfield)

State and local tax revenue
$11.2 Million in state and local tax revenue

During Operations


Worker

55 direct, indirect, and induced jobs (35 in Chesterfield)

local annual output

$36.5 Million new annual economic activity ($28.7 Million in Chesterfield)

money bill assist

$5 Million in associated local wages and benefits ($3.2 Million in Chesterfield).

State and local tax revenue

$26.2 Million in state sales tax revenue and $182.9 Million in new total Chesterfield County tax revenue over the lifetime of the project.

Overview

As we continue our transition to increasingly clean energy, it is our responsibility to keep our customers’ lights on, including during times when demand in the highest. This is why we are proposing to build the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center (CERC).

CERC will be an always-ready resource that will provide power quickly- in as little as 10 minutes- and as needed, for example, on the hottest and coldest days of the year.

The facility will serve as a power generation source when other sources are unavailable or insufficient to meet our customers’ energy needs.

We are currently in the permitting process for this project. If approved, we anticipate construction to begin in 2026 and the project to begin operations in 2029.

CERC will be located on the existing Dominion Energy-owned Chesterfield Power Station property, near the still operating Chesterfield Power Station Units 7 & 8.

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Meeting the Energy Demand

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  • CERC will include four natural gas-powered simple cycle turbines.
  • It will also include a 7-day supply of fuel oil.
  • Coupled with the potential for future hydrogen-blend use, CERC will act as an "always ready" generation resource.
  • It will not require any new pipelines or transmission infrastructure outside of Dominion Energy-owned property.

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  • CERC will be able to be deployed or shut down in as little as10 minutes,
  • The technology used is flexible in that it can run for short or long durations.
  • CERC's flexibility it is ready when needed but will not have to run when it is not needed.

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  • Each of the four CERC turbines will be able to generate up to 240 MW.
  • The entire project able to generate up to a total of 944 MW.
  • 1,000 MW is enough energy to power up to 240,000 homes.

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  • CERC will be constructed using state-of-the-art technology.
  • When operating, CERC will produce fewer emissions overall, including carbon emissions, compared to the retired coal units at Chesterfield Power Station.

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