Gillette SBMC
Natural gas power plant · Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- The Gillette Company
- County
- Suffolk County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #23 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 54225
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 7.2 MW | 7.2 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| TG2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| DG3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1991 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1997 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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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| Wellesley College Central Utility Plant | Other | 14 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 14 MW solar plant and a 14 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