7th largest plant in Connecticut · 643rd nationally
Milford Power Project is a natural gas power plant in Connecticut with a nameplate capacity of 578 MW. It generates roughly 3.6M MWh per year — enough to power about 338,707 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 70% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 883 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 (578 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 Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | Milford Power Co Llc |
| City | Milford |
| County | New Haven County |
| State | Connecticut |
| ZIP | 06460 |
| Coordinates | 41.22436, -73.09973 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 289 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CA02 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 289 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CO₂ | 1.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 8 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 94 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 883 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.