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Ware Energy — Power plant · Biomass · Ware Energy CorpHolyoke MA BESS 1 — Under construction · Storage · MA · 5 MW · 12.6 mi awayHadley Falls — Postponed · Hydro · MA · 3.5 MW · 14.1 mi awayChicopee BESS — Under construction · Storage · MA · 5 MW · 14.3 mi awayRiverside Holyoke — Postponed · Hydro · MA · 1.1 MW · 14.7 mi away
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Power plant · Biomass

Key facts

Power plant · Biomass Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1986
Location
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Operated by
Ware Energy CorpSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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Technology
Biomass source: “Wood/Wood Waste Biomass”
Age
40 years since 1986

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Retired
January 2012
Capacity retired
9.3 MW
Generators retired
1
Generators that retired or are scheduled to retire
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
GEN1Wood/Wood Waste Biomass9.3 MWRetiredJanuary 2012

Grid

Not in EIA-860Grid fieldsEIA-860 states no grid voltage or transmission owner for this plant: its annual file lists plants with a generator in the report year, so a plant that retired earlier is not in it.
Transmission lines within 15 mi (1)
Can the connection be reused?

A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.

Timeline

  • Stated Unit GEN1 scheduled to retire, 9.3 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

3 sources

Sources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Holyoke MA BESS 1 Under construction Storage 12.6 mi 5
Hadley Falls Postponed Hydro 14.1 mi 3.5
Chicopee BESS Under construction Storage 14.3 mi 5
Riverside Holyoke Postponed Hydro 14.7 mi 1.1

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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

Attribution