Medical Area Total Energy Plant
Natural gas power plant · Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- MATEP LLC
- County
- Suffolk County
- Generating units
- 10
- Share of state capacity
- 0.68%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #17 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 10883
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 14 MW | 14 MW | 2017 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| STG2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 11 MW | 11 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| STG3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 11 MW | 11 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| DEG1 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1985 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DEG2 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1985 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DEG3 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1985 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DEG4 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1985 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DEG5 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.0 MW | 1985 | 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.
Similarly sized plants in Massachusetts
| SEMASS Resource Recovery | Other | 99 MW |
| Dartmouth Power Associates LP | Natural gas | 97 MW |
| Deer Island Treatment Plant | Other | 73 MW |
| M Street Jet | Other | 69 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 95 MW solar plant and a 95 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