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Peterson

Hydro power plant · Chittenden County, Vermont

Nameplate capacity
6.3 MW
Rank in Vermont
#29
of 117 plants
In service since
1948
February 1948

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Green Mountain Power Corp
County
Chittenden County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.70%
Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
#12 of 45
EIA plant code
3720

Generating units

Individual generating units at Peterson
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric6.3 MW5.8 MW1948Operating

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 6.3 MW solar plant and a 6.3 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