Dominion Energy wants to spend $4.5 billion on a massive gas-burning plant at its old Chesterfield coal station—right next to the Dutch Gap Conservation Area. Chesterfield neighbors have already lived with coal-ash pollution for decades. Now they’d get millions more tons of carbon, soot, and smog each year.
Why build it at all?
It’s not for homes. Residential demand is flat. The real driver is Virginia’s data-center boom—about 350 facilities and counting. A single AI data center can draw the same power as a city of 100,000–250,000 people, and data centers already use roughly 25 % of all electricity in the state. Dominion’s answer is another fossil-fuel plant instead of proven clean energy and storage.
About the site
The project would sit alongside Dominion’s mostly retired coal units at Chesterfield, piling new gas emissions on top of the site’s long-standing coal-ash problems—and a stone’s throw from a popular conservation area.
What you can do
The No New Gas Plants Coalition is asking Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality to deny Dominion’s permit and hold a real public comment period. We’re at 1,075 signatures and aiming for 5,000.
Speak up for clean air, healthy communities, and a smarter energy future.