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Bellingham Cogeneration Facility

Natural gas power plant · Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Nameplate capacity
386 MW
Rank in Massachusetts
#11
of 686 plants
In service since
1991
September 1991

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Northeast Energy Associates LP
County
Norfolk County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
2.75%
Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
#6 of 40
EIA plant code
10307

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bellingham Cogeneration Facility
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle129 MW102 MW1991Operating
CT2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle129 MW102 MW1991Operating
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle129 MW60 MW1991Operating

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 386 MW solar plant and a 386 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 Massachusetts power plants · What Massachusetts actually generates