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Waters River — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · City of Peabody - (MA)Energizar BESS — Filed · Storage · MA · 250 MW · 18.1 km awayIpswich MA BESS 1 — Under construction · Storage · MA · 5 MW · 20.5 km away
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  • Storage
  • In development
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Waters River

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 1% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1990
Net generation, 2025
5,521 MWh
Grid
115 kV to City of Peabody - (MA) (ISNE)
Location
Essex County, Massachusetts

Output

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

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Peabody Municipal Light Plant

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
36 years since 1990
Unused energy
376 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
11,596 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110023148654
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1000666
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202564,021
Capacity factor, 20250.015
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202511,595.9
Net generation (MWh), 20255,521.0
Balancing authority codeISNE

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusSome generators have retired; the rest of the plant is still in service. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Capacity retired
21.3 MW
Generators retired
1
Capacity still in service
43.6 MW
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine21.3 MWRetiredJune 2026

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
115 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
City of Peabody - (MA)
Balancing authority
ISO New England Inc.
NERC region
NPCC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
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.

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
City of Peabody - (MA) Operator EIA-860M
PEABODY MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Unit 1 scheduled to retire, 21.3 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

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

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Energizar BESS Filed Storage 18.1 km 250
Ipswich MA BESS 1 Under construction Storage 20.5 km 5

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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

Attribution