Nameplate capacity
60 MW
Rank in Vermont
#2
of 117 plants
In service since
1984
June 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- City of Burlington Electric - (VT)
- County
- Chittenden County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 6.62%
- Rank among other plants in Vermont
- #1 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 589
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 60 MW | 52 MW | 1984 | 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 Vermont
| Kingdom Community Wind | Wind | 65 MW |
| VPPSA Project 10 | Other | 47 MW |
| Berlin 5 | Other | 42 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 60 MW solar plant and a 60 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 Vermont power plants · What Vermont actually generates