MANCHESTER STREET

How MANCHESTER STREET compares

With 515 MW of capacity, MANCHESTER STREET ranks 2nd among the 20 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Rhode Island and 2nd of the 6 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 27% of Rhode Island's operating Natural Gas capacity and 27% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 324th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1995, it is older than 50% of the 12 operating Rhode Island plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Providence County with 14 other operating plants, including ENTERGY RHODE ISLAND STATE ENERGY LP and OCEAN STATE POWER.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 515 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,345 GWh in 2024 (a 30% capacity factor), up 36% from 2022.

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 3,717 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ENTERGY RHODE ISLAND STATE ENERGY LP (596 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix BO1 - Boston, Waltham in Waltham, about 40.6 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