Kinneytown New Old
Hydro power plant · New Haven County, Connecticut
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Hydroland Omega LLC
- County
- New Haven County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Connecticut
- #11 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 54385
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.5 MW | 1.4 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1986 | 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
| Quinebaug Lower Project | Hydro | 2.5 MW |
| Wesleyan University Cogen 1 | Natural gas | 2.4 MW |
| Medtronic - New Haven | Natural gas | 2.3 MW |
| Medtronic - New Haven 2 | Natural gas | 2.2 MW |
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 2.3 MW solar plant and a 2.3 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