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Stony Brook — Power plant · Oil · Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric CoStony Brook — Postponed · Gas, combined cycle · MA · 422 MW · 0.0 mi awayPalmer Renewable Energy — Postponed · Biomass · MA · 42 MW · 3.8 mi awayRiverside Holyoke — Postponed · Hydro · MA · 1.1 MW · 4.3 mi awayHadley Falls — Postponed · Hydro · MA · 3.5 MW · 4.9 mi awayChicopee BESS — Under construction · Storage · MA · 5 MW · 5.4 mi awayHolyoke MA BESS 1 — Under construction · Storage · MA · 5 MW · 7.4 mi awayBelchertown Solar PV + Battery Project — Under construction · Solar + storage · MA · 5.6 MW · 10.1 mi away
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Stony Brook

Power plant · Oil

Key facts

Power plant · Oilran 2% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1981
Net generation, 2025
103,956 MWh
Grid
345 kV to Western Massachusetts Electric Company (ISNE)
Location
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

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Technology
Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age
45 years since 1981
Unused energy
4,640 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
9,998 Btu/kWh 2025
All 9 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000817982
Location id
L100000815146
Eia plant ids
6081
Grid
Nerc region
NPCC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
345
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
110024332079
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
1001021
Eia status
By code
OP
Mw
537.5
Units
8
SB
Mw
4
Units
2
Standby mw
4
Status rule
some_units_idle
In service mw
541.5
Out of service mw
0
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20251,039,327
Capacity factor, 20250.022
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 20259,997.8
Net generation (MWh), 2025103,956
Balancing authority codeISNE

Solar array

Array area (acres)
28.3
AC capacity (MW)
6.9
DC capacity (MW)
10.4
Mounting
Single-axis tracking
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2018

Source USPVDB

Source

  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb

Attribution

Ownership

4 companies6
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co Operator EIA-860M
MASSACHUSETTS MUNICIPAL WHOLESALE ELECTRIC CO Owner 90.8% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
Green Mountain Power Corp Owner 8.8% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
Green Mountain Power Corp Owner 8.7% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
The Town of Lyndon Elec Dept - (VT) Owner 0.4% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co Owner 89.6% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

7 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · 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

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Stony Brook Postponed Gas, combined cycle 0.0 mi 422
Palmer Renewable Energy Postponed Biomass 3.8 mi 42
Riverside Holyoke Postponed Hydro 4.3 mi 1.1
Hadley Falls Postponed Hydro 4.9 mi 3.5
Chicopee BESS Under construction Storage 5.4 mi 5
Holyoke MA BESS 1 Under construction Storage 7.4 mi 5
Belchertown Solar PV + Battery Project Under construction Solar + storage 10.1 mi 5.6

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution