115th largest plant in Massachusetts · 6643rd nationally
Erving Paper Mills is a natural gas power plant in Massachusetts with a nameplate capacity of 6.2 MW. It generates roughly 42.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 4,069 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 79% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 611 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (6.2 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Erving Paper Mills |
|---|---|
| Operator | Erving Paper Mills Inc |
| City | Erving |
| County | Franklin County |
| State | Massachusetts |
| ZIP | 01344 |
| Coordinates | 42.59830, -72.38750 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.6 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 2.5 MW | Retired | 1988 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 0.6 MW | Operating | 2013 |
| CO₂ | 13.1k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 36 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 611 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.