HSCo CHP

Natural gas power plant · Hartford County, Connecticut

Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Connecticut
#85
of 184 plants
In service since
2009
October 2009

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Cartier Energy, LLC
County
Hartford County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among natural gas plants in Connecticut
#31 of 47
EIA plant code
57179

Generating units

Individual generating units at HSCo CHP
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.0 MW3.5 MW2009Operating

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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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