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EIA plant 55026

Dighton · Bristol · MA

Dighton Power Plant

Operated by Dighton Power, LLC

Annual generation531,137 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextISO New England Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

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41.831200, -71.123900

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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

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle200 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.

10
2934
30
418,569
523,644
637,887
784,940
866,189
974,005
10122,876
1175,188
1226,905

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
10
2934
30
418,569
523,644
637,887
784,940
866,189
974,005
10122,876
1175,188
1226,905

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
10 MWh
2934 MWh
30 MWh
418,569 MWh
523,644 MWh
637,887 MWh
784,940 MWh
866,189 MWh
974,005 MWh
10122,876 MWh
1175,188 MWh
1226,905 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
UNT1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG200OP

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EIA plant ID
55026
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Municipality Supply
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 10 has the highest recorded value (122,876 MWh) and 1, 3 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 122,876 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
UNT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle200.0165.6189.5108.0

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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