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Backus Microgrid Project
Power plant · Oil
Key facts
Power plant · Oilran 1% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2014
- Net generation, 2025
- 638 MWh
- Grid
- 14 kV to City of Norwich - (CT) (ISNE)
- Location
- New London County, Connecticut
- Operated by
- Connecticut Mun Elec Engy CoopSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Oil
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- Technology
- Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
- Age
- 12 years since 2014
- Unused energy
- 90 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 9,845 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 6,281 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.007 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 9,844.8 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 638 |
| Balancing authority code | ISNE |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Lebanon Solar 2 Postponed | Solar | 13.6 km | 2 |
| Lebanon Solar 1 Postponed | Solar | 13.7 km | 2 |
| Subase Microgrid Project Postponed | Gas, reciprocating engine | 15.9 km | 13.1 |
| Plainfield Solar One Under construction | Solar | 16.9 km | 4 |
| Groton Flanders Road Landfill Under construction | Solar | 21.7 km | 5 |