93rd largest plant in Connecticut · 9135th nationally
Cellu Tissue is a natural gas power plant in Connecticut with a nameplate capacity of 3.0 MW. It generates roughly 13.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,251 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 50% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1260 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Cellu Tissue |
|---|---|
| Operator | Dunn Paper East Hartford, Llc |
| City | East Hartford |
| County | Hartford County |
| State | Connecticut |
| ZIP | 06108 |
| Coordinates | 41.77611, -72.60667 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.0 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| CO₂ | 8.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 191 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1260 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Iso New England Inc. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.