Waters River
Natural gas power plant · Essex County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Peabody - (MA)
- County
- Essex County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #19 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 1678
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 44 MW | 30 MW | 1990 | Operating |
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
| Wheelabrator Millbury Facility | Other | 48 MW |
| Covanta Haverhill | Other | 46 MW |
| Mass Inst Tech Cntrl Utilities/Cogen Plt | Natural gas | 43 MW |
| Exelon Framingham LLC | Other | 43 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 44 MW solar plant and a 44 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