Pratt & Whitney
Natural gas power plant · Hartford County, Connecticut
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- United Technologies
- County
- Hartford County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Connecticut
- #13 of 47
- EIA plant code
- 54605
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT-8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 26 MW | 28 MW | 1992 | 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
| Rocky River (CT) | Hydro | 31 MW |
| Stevenson | Hydro | 31 MW |
| UCONN Cogen Facility | Natural gas | 26 MW |
| Branford | Other | 22 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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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