MILLENNIUM POWER

How MILLENNIUM POWER compares

With 360 MW of capacity, MILLENNIUM POWER ranks 9th among the 125 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Massachusetts and 6th of the 22 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.7% of Massachusetts's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 405th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 52% of the 122 operating Massachusetts plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Worcester County with 26 other operating plants, including ANP BLACKSTONE ENERGY PROJECT and MILFORD POWER LP.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 428 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 360 MW). Net generation was 521 GWh in 2024 (a 14% capacity factor), down 55% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LAKE ROAD (345 kV), about 17.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by FITCHBURG GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 17 operating power plants totaling 1,469 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LAKE ROAD GENERATING PLANT (840 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Equinix BO1 - Boston, Waltham in Waltham, about 42.9 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