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Franklin Drive

Other power plant · Litchfield County, Connecticut

Nameplate capacity
22 MW
Rank in Connecticut
#33
of 184 plants
In service since
1968
November 1968

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Connecticut Jet Power LLC
County
Litchfield County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.20%
Rank among other plants in Connecticut
#12 of 29
EIA plant code
561

Generating units

Individual generating units at Franklin Drive
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
UN19Petroleum Liquids22 MW16 MW1968Operating

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 22 MW solar plant and a 22 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