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Massachusetts

1,118,000
Conventional Hydropower in MWh
19,477,000
Total Electricity in MWh
6,420,000
Total Renewable Energy in MWh
6%
Hydro as a % of the Total Energy
17%
Hydro as a % of the Renewable Energy
72
Total Powered Dams
Bear Swamp

Ownership: Non-federal

Type: PS

Hydropower Megawatts: 0

Pumped Storage Megawatts : 600

Northfield Mountain

Ownership: Non-federal

Type: PS

Hydropower Megawatts: 0

Pumped Storage Megawatts : 940

COCHRANE DAM

Permittee: NEW ENGLAND HYDROPOWER CO. LLC

Type of Permit: Conventional Permit

Authorized Capacity (MW): 0.17

Waterway : CHARLES RIVER

WATERSHOPS POND

Permittee: "CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MA"

Type of Permit: Conventional Permit

Authorized Capacity (MW): 0.145

Waterway : MILL RIVER

CAPE COD CANAL AND BOURNE TIDAL

Permittee: MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY COLL OF NE

Type of Permit: HydroKinetic-Tidal Permit

Authorized Capacity (MW): 0.025

Waterway : CAPE COD CANAL

Aqueduct Transfer Hydro Station

Owner: Massachusetts Water Resource Authority

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.75

Ashley Reservoir Hydro Station

Owner: "City of Pittsfield, MA"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.225

Assabet

Owner: "Acton Hydro Company, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.178

Bear Swamp

Owner: Brookfield Power New England

Type: Pumped Storage

Capacity : 600

Beebe Holbrook

Owner: Holyoke Water Power Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.516

Boatlock

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.1

Boott Hydropower

Owner: Boott Hydropower Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 22.9

Byron Weston

Owner: Crane and Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.25

Cabot

Owner: FirstLight Power Resources Services LLC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 61.8

Centennial Island

Owner: Centennial Island Hydroelectric Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.64

Chemical

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.6

Chicopee Hydroelectric Station

Owner: O'Connell Engineering&Fin Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2.4

Cobble Mountain

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 33

Collins Facility

Owner: "Ampersand Collins Hydro, LLC."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.2

Coltsville Flow Control Station

Owner: "City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.066

Cosgrove Intake and Power Station

Owner: Massachusetts Water Res Auth

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.2

Crescent Mills

Owner: "Littleville Power Company, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.5

Crescent Street

Owner: L.S. Starrett Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.448

Cresticon Lower

Owner: L.P. Athol Corporation

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.25

Cresticon Upper

Owner: L.P. Athol Corporation

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.25

Crocker

Owner: "Whitman River Dam, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.8

Deer Island Treatment Plant

Owner: Massachusetts Wtr RAuth-Deer I

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2

Deerfield No. 2

Owner: "GREAT RIVER HYDRO, LLC."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.8

Deerfield No. 3

Owner: "GREAT RIVER HYDRO, LLC."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.8

Deerfield No. 4

Owner: "GREAT RIVER HYDRO, LLC."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 4.8

Deerfield No. 5

Owner: "GREAT RIVER HYDRO, LLC."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 17.5

Dwight

Owner: "ESSENTIAL POWER MASSACHUSETTS, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.2

Fife Brook

Owner: Brookfield Power New England

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 11.2

Gardners Falls

Owner: "NAUTILUS HYDRO, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.5

Glendale

Owner: "Littleville Power Company, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.192

Hadley Falls

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 33.4

Holyoke No. 1

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2.6

Holyoke No. 3 Hydro Station

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.45

Holyoke No. 4 Hydro Station

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.75

Hunts Pond

Owner: "O'Connell Engineering & Financial, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.12

Ice House

Owner: "Ice House Partners, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.28

Indian Orchard

Owner: "ESSENTIAL POWER MASSACHUSETTS, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.7

Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates

Owner: Lawrence Hydroelectric Assoc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 14.8

Loring Road Hydro Plant

Owner: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.2

Lower Pawtucket Locks

Owner: "Boott Hydropower, Inc. & Eldred L. Field Hydroelectric Facility Trust"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 5.94

Methuen Falls

Owner: Methuen Falls Hydro Electric Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.357

New Home

Owner: Mini-Watt Hydroelectric LLC

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.415

Nonotuck Mill

Owner: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.5

North Village Pond

Owner: "Webster Hydro Electric Company, Inc."

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.4

Northfield Mountain

Owner: FirstLight Power Resources Services LLC

Type: Pumped Storage

Capacity : 1168

Oakdale Power Station

Owner: Massachusetts Water Res Auth

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.5

Old Sturbridge Village

Owner: Old Sturbridge Village

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.068

Pepperell Hydro Power Plant

Owner: "Swift River Hydro Operations Co., Inc"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 2.2

Pioneer Hydro Electric Co Inc

Owner: Ware River Power Inc

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 1.595

Powder Mill

Owner: South Barre Hydro Electric Company

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 0.12

Putts Bridge

Owner: "ESSENTIAL POWER MASSACHUSETTS, LLC"

Type: Conventional Hydro

Capacity : 3.2