WATERS RIVER

How WATERS RIVER compares

With 65 MW of capacity, WATERS RIVER ranks 25th among the 125 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Massachusetts and 17th of the 22 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.2% of Massachusetts's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 761st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 75% of the 122 operating Massachusetts plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Essex County with 9 other operating plants, including WHEELABRATOR SAUGUS and COVANTA HAVERHILL.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 65 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 4.6 GWh in 2024 (a 0.8% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1971 and 1990.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 25 operating power plants totaling 3,197 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SEABROOK (1,242 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 5 mapped data centers; the nearest is CoreSite - Boston (BO1) in Somerville, about 13.8 miles away.

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