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- Under construction
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Canal: location and 3 exact-grade projects within 15 mi. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Canal
Power plant · Oil
Key facts
Power plant · Oilran 3% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1968
- Net generation, 2025
- 374,379 MWh
- Grid
- 345 kV to NSTAR Electric Company (ISNE)
- Location
- Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Operated by
- Canal Generating LLC
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
- Age
- 58 years since 1968
- Unused energy
- 12,722 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
- 11,153 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 4,175,493 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.029 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 11,153.1 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 374,379.0 |
| Balancing authority code | ISNE |
Ownership
3 companies4| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal Generating LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| JERA AMERICAS HOLDINGS INC | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
| Canal 3 Generating LLC | Owner | 22.1% | Dec 31, 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Canal Generating LLC | Owner | 77.9% | Dec 31, 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal unit UN2R Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 0.0 mi | 330 |
| Solar Carver 1 Hybrid Under construction | Solar + storage | 13.1 mi | 4 |
| Solar Carver 3 Hybrid Under construction | Solar + storage | 14.3 mi | 2 |
Sources EIA-860M