AmericoldCA - Plainville, CT
Natural gas power plant · Hartford County, Connecticut
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Other Natural Gas
- Operator
- Bloom Energy
- County
- Hartford County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Connecticut
- #42 of 48
- EIA plant code
- 70557
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G003 | Other Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2023 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Connecticut
| Medtronic - New Haven | Natural gas | 2.3 MW |
| Medtronic - New Haven 2 | Natural gas | 2.2 MW |
| Barrow Solar | Solar | 2.0 MW |
| Bilton Solar | Solar | 2.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Connecticut power plants · What Connecticut actually generates