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EIA plant 3735

Colchester · Chittenden · VT

Colchester 16

Operated by Green Mountain Power Corp

Annual generation279 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesDFOCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextISO New England Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Colchester 16?

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44.490600, -73.170300

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyPetroleum Liquids18 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the VT plant index for regional peers.

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

125.68
213.14
38.32
48.89
59.99
625.56
730.21
820.06
96.93
108.24
1114.56
12107.42

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
125.68
213.14
38.32
48.89
59.99
625.56
730.21
820.06
96.93
108.24
1114.56
12107.42

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
126 MWh
213 MWh
38 MWh
49 MWh
510 MWh
626 MWh
730 MWh
820 MWh
97 MWh
108 MWh
1115 MWh
12107 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GT1Petroleum LiquidsDFO18OP

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EIA plant ID
3735
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 12 has the highest recorded value (107 MWh) and 9 the lowest (7 MWh). Their difference is 100 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GT1Petroleum Liquids18.08.713.93.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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