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Stony Brook

Other power plant · Hampden County, Massachusetts

Nameplate capacity
542 MW
Rank in Massachusetts
#9
of 686 plants
In service since
1981
November 1981

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co
County
Hampden County
Generating units
10
Share of state capacity
3.86%
Rank among other plants in Massachusetts
#2 of 25
EIA plant code
6081

Generating units

Individual generating units at Stony Brook
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CA1Petroleum Liquids105 MW96 MW1981Operating
1Petroleum Liquids85 MW65 MW1982Operating
2Petroleum Liquids85 MW65 MW1982Operating
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle85 MW70 MW1981Operating
CT2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle85 MW70 MW1981Operating
CT3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle85 MW70 MW1981Operating
5051SSolar Photovoltaic6.9 MW6.9 MW2018Operating
BS#1Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2007Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
BS#2Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2007Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
EDSIPetroleum Liquids0.6 MW0.6 MW1981Operating

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 542 MW solar plant and a 542 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