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Bulls Bridge

Hydro power plant · Litchfield County, Connecticut

Nameplate capacity
7.2 MW
Rank in Connecticut
#61
of 184 plants
In service since
2003
January 2003

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
FirstLight Power Resources Services LLC
County
Litchfield County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
0.07%
Rank among hydro plants in Connecticut
#7 of 14
EIA plant code
541

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bulls Bridge
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating
6Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.4 MW2003Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 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 7.2 MW solar plant and a 7.2 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