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EIA plant 60492

Great Barrington · Berkshire · MA

Rail Trail

Operated by Altus Power America Management, LLC

Annual generation3,319 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextISO New England Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Rail Trail?

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42.243134, -73.363849

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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

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic2 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.

197
2263
3255
4300
5377
6328
7390
8326
9334
10322
11204
12123

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
197
2263
3255
4300
5377
6328
7390
8326
9334
10322
11204
12123

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
197 MWh
2263 MWh
3255 MWh
4300 MWh
5377 MWh
6328 MWh
7390 MWh
8326 MWh
9334 MWh
10322 MWh
11204 MWh
12123 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
PV1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN2OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
60492
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (390 MWh) and 1 the lowest (97 MWh). Their difference is 293 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
PV1Solar Photovoltaic2.02.02.0Not supplied

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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