30th largest plant in Connecticut · 4346th nationally
Pratt & Whitney is a natural gas power plant in Connecticut with a nameplate capacity of 25.8 MW. It generates roughly 120.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 11,458 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 53% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 636 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Pratt & Whitney |
|---|---|
| Operator | United Technologies |
| City | East Hartford |
| County | Hartford County |
| State | Connecticut |
| ZIP | 06108 |
| Coordinates | 41.74833, -72.63669 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT-8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 25.8 MW | Operating | 1992 |
| CO₂ | 38.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 8 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 636 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.