MIDDLETOWN

How MIDDLETOWN compares

With 786 MW of capacity, MIDDLETOWN ranks 3rd among the 68 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Connecticut and 2nd of the 13 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 24% of Connecticut's operating Natural Gas capacity and 8.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 157th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1958, it is older than 81% of the 66 operating Connecticut plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region with 3 other operating plants, including KLEEN ENERGY SYSTEMS PROJECT and GENCONN MIDDLETOWN LLC.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 786 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 33 GWh in 2024 (a 0.5% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1958 and 1973.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MIDDLETOWN (345 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 1,516 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is KLEEN ENERGY SYSTEMS PROJECT (693 MW).

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