Goodwin Hydroelectric
Hydro power plant · Hartford County, Connecticut
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Metropolitan Dist of Hartford
- County
- Hartford County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Connecticut
- #8 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 54302
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.6 MW | 1.5 MW | 1986 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| G2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.6 MW | 1.5 MW | 1986 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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