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Masspower — Power plant · Gas, combined cycle · MasspowerPalmer Renewable Energy — Biomass · MA · 42 MW · 2.1 km awayStony Brook — Gas, combined cycle · MA · 422 MW · 4.6 km awayChicopee BESS — Storage · MA · 5 MW · 7.6 km awayRiverside Holyoke — Hydro · MA · 1.1 MW · 7.6 km awayHadley Falls — Hydro · MA · 3.5 MW · 9.0 km awayHolyoke MA BESS 1 — Storage · MA · 5 MW · 10.5 km awayBelchertown Solar PV + Battery Project — Solar + storage · MA · 5.6 MW · 20.2 km away
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Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 19% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1993
Net generation, 2025
441,701 MWh
Grid
115 kV to Western Massachusetts Electric Company (ISNE)
Location
Hampden County, Massachusetts
Operated by
Masspower

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
Age
33 years since 1993
Unused energy
1,844 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
9,050 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Vistra Corp
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001322
Unit ids
G100000401606
Location id
L100000402477
Eia plant ids
10726
Grid
Nerc region
NPCC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
115
Transmission owner
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Balancing authority code
ISNE
Balancing authority name
ISO New England Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000308444
Subparts reported
C, D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1007435
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20253,997,318
Capacity factor, 20250.193
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 20259,049.8
Net generation (MWh), 2025441,701
Balancing authority codeISNE

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Masspower Operator EIA-860M
Vistra Corp Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Palmer Renewable Energy Postponed Biomass 2.1 km 42
Stony Brook Postponed Gas, combined cycle 4.6 km 422
Chicopee BESS Under construction Storage 7.6 km 5
Riverside Holyoke Postponed Hydro 7.6 km 1.1
Hadley Falls Postponed Hydro 9.0 km 3.5
Holyoke MA BESS 1 Under construction Storage 10.5 km 5
Belchertown Solar PV + Battery Project Under construction Solar + storage 20.2 km 5.6

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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