DEVON STATION

How DEVON STATION compares

With 223 MW of capacity, DEVON STATION ranks 13th among the 68 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Connecticut and 3rd of the 10 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 14% of Connecticut's operating Oil capacity and 2.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 24th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is older than 69% of the 66 operating Connecticut plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares South Central Connecticut Planning Region with 7 other operating plants, including NEW HAVEN HARBOR and MILFORD POWER PROJECT.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 223 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-0.599 GWh). Its generators came online between 1985 and 1996.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DEVON, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 24 operating power plants totaling 5,722 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHPORT (1,564 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Brentwood (1650 Islip) in Brentwood, about 29.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology