St. Paul, Va., July 11, 2012 — Dominion Virginia Power placed the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in Southwest Virginia into commercial operation, on budget and on schedule following four years of construction. The $1.8-billion circulating fluidized bed project uses coal , waste coal and waste wood biomass to generate 585 MW. The Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center project employed nearly 2,400 construction workers at its peak. An independent study done for Wise County by Virginia Tech estimated that VCHEC would generate $258.5 million in economic activity for Southwest V...