WATERSIDE POWER, LLC

How WATERSIDE POWER, LLC compares

With 70 MW of capacity, WATERSIDE POWER, LLC ranks 18th among the 68 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Connecticut and 5th of the 10 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.3% of Connecticut's operating Oil capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 52nd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 54% of the 66 operating Connecticut plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Western Connecticut Planning Region with 7 other operating plants, including COS COB and KIMBERLY CLARK-UNIT 1,2,3.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 70 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 2.1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2004 and 2006.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WATERSIDE, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 26 operating power plants totaling 5,250 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHPORT (1,564 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is 1025Connect in Westbury, about 19.5 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