Shepaug

Hydro power plant · New Haven County, Connecticut

Nameplate capacity
37 MW
Rank in Connecticut
#25
of 184 plants
In service since
1955
January 1955

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
FirstLight Power Resources Services LLC
County
New Haven County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.34%
Rank among hydro plants in Connecticut
#1 of 14
EIA plant code
552

Generating units

Individual generating units at Shepaug
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric37 MW42 MW1955Operating

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 37 MW solar plant and a 37 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