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EIA plant 3745

Bellow Falls · Windham · VT

Bellows Falls

Operated by Great River Hydro, LLC

Annual generation264,365 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextISO New England Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

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43.137500, -72.446400

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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

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric40.8 MW represented

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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.

134,272
224,549
330,443
428,326
527,618
616,538
723,077
825,436
911,120
109,936
1111,471
1221,579

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
134,272
224,549
330,443
428,326
527,618
616,538
723,077
825,436
911,120
109,936
1111,471
1221,579

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
134,272 MWh
224,549 MWh
330,443 MWh
428,326 MWh
527,618 MWh
616,538 MWh
723,077 MWh
825,436 MWh
911,120 MWh
109,936 MWh
1111,471 MWh
1221,579 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Conventional HydroelectricWAT13.6OP
GEN2Conventional HydroelectricWAT13.6OP
GEN3Conventional HydroelectricWAT13.6OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3745
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Connecticut River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (34,272 MWh) and 10 the lowest (9,936 MWh). Their difference is 24,336 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric13.615.715.74.0
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric13.615.715.74.0
GEN3Conventional Hydroelectric13.615.715.74.0

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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