Pittsfield Generating Facility

Pittsfield Generating Facility is a natural gas or oil-fired station in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, built and operated by Altresco Pittsfield through 1993 (a subsidiary of Altresco Financial) when sold to J Makowski on behalf of PG&E.

Pittsfield Generating Facility
Country	United States
Location	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.4564°N 73.2176°W / 42.4564; -73.2176
Status	Operational
Commission date	August 29, 1990
Owner	Hull Street Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas/fuel oil
Turbine technology	Steam turbine
Power generation
Units operational	3 GE Frame 6B
Nameplate capacity	170 megawatts

The plant is under a Reliability Must Run Agreement with ISO New England that requires the plant to be available to run at any time when needed by the regional grid operator.

Description

The plant consists of 3 GE Frame 6B 40 MW gas turbines running off of natural gas but capable of using fuel oil that feed a common 60 MW heat recovery steam generator.^[1][2]