Indian Orchard Plant 1
Natural gas power plant · Hampden County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Solutia Inc-Indian
- County
- Hampden County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #28 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 10417
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 5.7 MW | 3.2 MW | 1985 | Operating |
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 5.7 MW solar plant and a 5.7 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