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List of power stations in Massachusetts

Sources of Massachusetts utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024:[1]
  1. Natural gas: 15,372 (74.7%)
  2. Solar: 2,246 (10.9%)
  3. Biomass: 905 (4.39%)
  4. Hydroelectric:[a] 774 (3.76%)
  5. Petroleum: 190 (0.92%)
  6. Wind: 178 (0.86%)
  7. Other: 927 (4.50%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, sortable by type and name. In 2023, Massachusetts had a total summer capacity of 12,850 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 19,695 GWh.[2] In 2024, the electrical energy generation mix was 74.7% natural gas, 10.9% solar, 4.4% biomass, 3.8% hydroelectric, 0.9% petroleum, 0.9% wind, and 4.5% other. The state's last remaining nuclear power plant was retired in May 2019.[1]

Massachusetts consumes about twice as much electricity as it generates, but is among the lowest electricity consumption states on a per capita basis, as well as on a per dollar of GDP basis.[3] Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 4,064 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2024. This compares as about 80 percent more than the amount generated by Massachusetts' utility-scale solar facilities that year.[1]

Massachusetts electricity generation by type
Massachusetts power grid

Active

Plant Capacity (MW) Type
651 Chase Solar NG 1 Solar
Acushnet AD Makepeace 4.7 Solar
Acushnet Hawes Reed Road 2 Solar
Acushnet- High Hill 3.2 Solar
Acushnet-Braley Road 1 1.9 Solar
Agawam Solar 1.5 Solar
AMERESCO Chicopee Energy 7.7 Biomass
Amherst College Co Gen 1.7 Natural gas
Anderson Power Products Division 1 Petroleum
ANP Bellingham Energy Project 471.7 Natural gas
ANP Blackstone Energy Project 454.8 Natural gas
Applied Materials Wind Turbine 2.5 Wind
Axio Green LLC 2 Solar
Bartlett's Ocean View Wind Farm 0.25 Wind
Bear Swamp 600 Pumped storage
Bellingham Cogeneration Facility 264 Natural gas
Bellingham PV 3 Solar
Berkshire 1 1.8 Solar
Berkshire Power 229.3 Natural gas
Berkshire Wind Power Project 15 Wind
Boatlock 3.1 Hydropower
Bolton PV 4.9 Solar
Boott Hydropower 21.7 Hydropower
Boston Scientific Solar 1.1 Solar
Brockelman 3 Solar
Cabot 61.8 Hydropower
Cabot Holyoke 2 Hydropower
Camelot Wind LLC 1.5 Wind
Canal 1113 Petroleum
Cape Cod Air Force Station - 6 SWS 3.4 Wind
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority 0.1 Wind
Charlestown Wind Turbine 1.5 Wind
Chemical 1.6 Hydropower
Cherry Street 15.3 Petroleum
Chicopee Hydroelectric Station 2.4 Hydropower
Clark University 2 Natural gas
Cleary Flood 133.5 Natural gas, petroleum
Cobble Mountain 32.6 Hydropower
Collins Facility 1.6 Hydropower
Cottage Street Solar Facility 3.2 Solar
Covanta Haverhill 42.8 Biomass
Dartmouth 6.3 Solar
Dartmouth II Solar 2 Solar
Dartmouth Landfill 1.3 Solar
Dartmouth Power Associates LP 82.6 Natural gas
Dartmouth Solar 1.6 Solar
Deer Island Treatment Plant 56.3 Petroleum, biomass,
solar, hydropower, wind
Deer Island Wind 1.2 Wind
Deerfield 2 6.3 Hydropower
Deerfield 3 6.3 Hydropower
Deerfield 4 6.3 Hydropower
Deerfield 5 13.9 Hydropower
Dept of Corrections NCCI Wind 3.4 Wind
Dighton Power Plant 164.2 Natural gas
Dorchester Solar Site 1 Solar
Doreen 16.6 Petroleum
Douglas Solar 2 Solar
Dwight 1.3 Hydropower
Easton Landfill 1.9 Solar
EBZ Solar 2.5 Solar
EDF Lancaster 4.5 Solar
Equity Industrial Partners 4 Wind
Exelon Framingham LLC 31.4 Petroleum
Exelon L Street 16 Petroleum
Exelon Medway LLC 123.8 Petroleum
Fairview Farms Solar 0.8 Solar
Fife Brook 11.2 Hydropower
Fitchburg Gas Recovery 4.8 Biomass
Fore River Generating Station 726 Natural gas
Front Street 8.4 Petroleum
Gardner Solar 1 2 Solar
Gardners Falls 3.8 Hydropower
General Electric Aircraft Engines 47.1 Natural gas
Gillette SBMC 14.2 Natural gas, petroleum
Glendale 1.1 Hydropower
Grafton 1.5 Solar
Griffith Wind 0.1 Wind
Groveland Solar 3.2 Solar
Hadley Falls 30.3 Hydropower
Harris Energy Realty 1.2 Hydropower
Harwich Landfill 4 Solar
Haverhill Solar Power Project 0.8 Solar
High Street Station 12.3 Natural gas, petroleum
Holy Name Central Catholic School Wind Turbine 0.66 Wind
Holyoke Canal System Hydropower
Holyoke Solar Cooperative at Mueller 2.7 Solar
Hoosac Wind Power Project 28.5 Wind
Hull Wind 1 0.66 Wind
Hull Wind II 1.8 Wind
Indian Orchard Hydroelectric[4] 3.7 Hydropower
Indian Orchard Plant 1 3.5 Coal
Indian Orchard PV Facility 2.3 Solar
Indian Orchard Station 5.7 Natural gas, petroleum
International Paper Woronoco Mill 1.7 Hydropower
Ipswich Wind Independence 2 Wind
Ipswich Wind Turbine 1.6 Wind
Katama Farm 1 Solar
Kendall Cogeneration Station 225.7 Natural gas, petroleum
Kingston Wind Independence 2 Wind
Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates 14 Hydropower
L'Energia Energy Center 75 Natural gas
Lepomis PV Energy LLC 4.5 Solar
Ludlow Landfill 2.6 Solar
M Street Jet 50 Petroleum
MA Military Reserve Wind Project 4.5 Wind
Mark Richey Woodworking Wind Farm 0.6 Wind
Marshfield PV 3 Solar
Mass Midstate Solar 2 5 Solar
Mass Midstate Solar 3 4 Solar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cogeneration Plant 19 Natural gas
Masspower 245 Natural gas
Maynard PV 1 Solar
MBTA South Boston [Primarily Transit Backup Power] [5] 68 Petroleum (No. 2 Fuel Oil)[6]
Medical Area Total Energy Plant 83 Natural gas, petroleum
Merrimac Solar 1.5 Solar
Methuen Landfill 1.3 Solar
Milford Power LP 148 Natural gas
Millbury Solar 3 Solar
Millennium Power Plant 334.9 Natural gas
MM Taunton Energy 3.6 Biomass
Mount Wachusett Community College 3.4 Wind
Nantucket 5.2 Petroleum
Nantucket High School Wind Turbine 0.1 Wind
Nature's Classroom Wind Turbine 0.1 Wind
NECCO Co-Generation 5.6 Natural gas
NEDC Solar Site 0.8 Solar
New England Wind LLC 28.5 Wind
Newark America Mill 3 Natural gas
NFM Solar Power LLC 1.9 Solar
North Brookfield 3 Solar
Northbridge Solar 1.9 Solar
Northeastern University Cogeneration [7]
Northfield Mountain 1146 Pumped storage
Notus Wind 1 1.7 Wind
Nunnepog 1 Solar
Oak Bluffs Diesel Generating Facility 8.4 Petroleum
Orange PV 2 Solar
Padelford Solar 2.2 Solar
Pepperell Hydro Power Plant 2.2 Hydropower
Pinetree Power Fitchburg 16 Wood
Pioneer Valley Resource Recovery 7.5 Biomass
Pittsburgh Waste Water Treatment Plant 0.3 Solar
Pittsfield Generating LP 154.3 Natural gas
Plymouth Site 1 5.6 Solar
Potter Station 2 183.3 Natural gas, petroleum
Princeton Wind Farm 3 Wind
Putts Bridge 3.6 Hydropower
Quittacas Pond Solar 3.5 Solar
Red Bridge 4 Hydropower
Rehoboth Solar 2 Solar
Revere Solar Site 0.6 Solar
Riverside 6.9 Hydropower
Rockland Solar 2.5 Solar
Rousselot Inc 6.3 Natural gas
Route 57 Solar 1.5 Solar
Salem Harbor Power Station 674 Natural gas
Scituate PV 2.5 Solar
Scituate Wind Turbine 1.5 Wind
SEMASS Resource Recovery 80 Biomass
Sherman 6.1 Hydropower
Shrewsbury Solar 2.5 Solar
Simonds 1.8 Natural gas
Smith College Central Heating Plant 2.7 Natural gas
Southbridge Energy Center LLC 6.5 Natural gas
Southbridge Landfill Gas-to-Energy 1.5 Biomass
Stony Brook 439.7 Natural gas, petroleum
Stow PV 2 Solar
Sudbury Landfill 1.3 Solar
Tihonet Solar 1 Solar
Town of Barnstable 0.1 Wind
Town of East Bridgewater 2 Solar
Town of Falmouth WWTP 1.6 Wind
Town of Uxbridge MA at Commerce Dr 1.8 Solar
True North 4.8 Solar
Turners Falls 6.4 Hydropower
University of MA Wind Turbine 0.6 Wind
Walpole Solar 2 2.4 Solar
Waters River 46.6 Natural gas
Wellesley College Central Utility Plant 6.7 Natural gas
West Tisbury Generating Facility 5.6 Petroleum
Westford Solar Park 4 Solar
Whately Solar 1.5 Solar
Wheelabrator Millbury Facility 40 Biomass
Wheelabrator North Andover 30 Biomass
Wheelabrator Saugus 32 Biomass
Wilkins Station 5 Petroleum
Williams College - Campus CHP 3 Natural gas
Wilson Solar 2 Solar
Winter Island Wind Unknown Wind
Woodland Road 16.7 Petroleum

Retired

Plant Capacity (MW) Type Year
Brayton Point Power Station 1538 Coal 2017
Edison Power Plant (same site as Exelon New Boston Generating Station / Exelon L Street, 776 Summer Street, Boston) Petroleum
Mount Tom Station 136 Coal 2014
Mystic Generating Station 2001.9 Natural gas, petroleum 2024
NAEA Energy Massachusetts LLC
(West Springfield Generating Station)		 193.9 Natural gas, petroleum 2022
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 677 Nuclear 2019
Reading Municipal Light and Power Station Coal 1925
Somerset Power Plant 174 Coal 2010
Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station 185 Nuclear 1992

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Massachusetts, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–24". www.eia.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts Electricity Profile Analysis". U.S. EIA. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  4. ^ Indian Orchard Hydroelectric
  5. ^ "The power behind the T".
  6. ^ "Final Air Quality Operating Permit".
  7. ^ "Power Shift - Northeastern University Cited As America's Greenest College".
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