Smith College Central Heating Plant
Natural gas power plant · Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- The Trustees of Smith College
- County
- Hampshire County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #29 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 58166
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.3 MW | 2.7 MW | 2008 | 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 5.3 MW solar plant and a 5.3 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