Pawtucket Hydroelectric Project
Hydro power plant · Providence County, Rhode Island
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Relevate Power Management LLC
- County
- Providence County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among hydro plants in Rhode Island
- #2 of 3
- EIA plant code
- 69672
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1989 | 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 Rhode Island
| A Street 2 | Solar | 1.6 MW |
| Blackstone/Tupperware | Hydro | 1.6 MW |
| Green Providence Wind I, LLC | Wind | 1.5 MW |
| WED Coventry 1 | Wind | 1.5 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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 Rhode Island power plants · What Rhode Island actually generates