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Middletown

Other power plant · Middlesex County, Connecticut · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
786 MW
Rank in Connecticut
#4
of 184 plants
In service since
1958
October 1958

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Middletown Power LLC
County
Middlesex County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
7.15%
Rank among other plants in Connecticut
#1 of 29
EIA plant code
562

Generating units

Individual generating units at Middletown
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4Petroleum Liquids415 MW400 MW1973Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
3Natural Gas Steam Turbine239 MW236 MW1964Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
2Natural Gas Steam Turbine114 MW117 MW1958Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
10Petroleum Liquids19 MW17 MW1966Out of service and NOT 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.

Similarly sized plants in Connecticut

CPV Towantic Energy CenterNatural gas842 MW
Lake Road Generating PlantNatural gas840 MW
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New Haven SteamOther642 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 786 MW solar plant and a 786 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