15th largest plant in Massachusetts · 1262nd nationally
Milford Power Lp is a natural gas power plant in Massachusetts with a nameplate capacity of 249 MW. It generates roughly 210.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 20,024 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 10% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1023 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (249 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 | Milford Power Lp |
|---|---|
| Operator | Milford Power Llc |
| City | Milford |
| County | Worcester County |
| State | Massachusetts |
| ZIP | 01757 |
| Coordinates | 42.12936, -71.51150 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 129 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| ST-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 120 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jera Energy America, Llc | Houston, TX | 10000.0% |
| Starwood Energy Group Global | Greenwich, CT | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 107.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 16 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1023 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.