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Newport

Hydro power plant · Orleans County, Vermont

Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Vermont
#46
of 117 plants
In service since
1936
January 1936

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Great Bay Hydro Corp
County
Orleans County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.44%
Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
#18 of 45
EIA plant code
3731

Generating units

Individual generating units at Newport
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.7 MW1.7 MW1940Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric1.7 MW1.7 MW1944Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1936Operating

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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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