Power plants in Vermont

Vermont has 117 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 899 MW of nameplate capacity, the 50th-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Hydroelectric accounts for 36% of that capacity. The biggest single site is Kingdom Community Wind at 65 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 37.1 MW, led by solar at 73%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 4 MW, most of it oil-fired.

Hydroelectric328 MW36%
Solar156 MW17%
Oil and petroleum154 MW17%
Wind151 MW17%
Biomass and waste90.4 MW10%
Battery storage20.9 MW2.3%

What is running, by the decade it came online

Oil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBattery storageBiomass and waste

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	Kingdom Community Wind	Wind	65 MW	2012	Green Mountain Power Corp
2	J C McNeil	Biomass and waste	59.5 MW	1984	City of Burlington Electric (VT)
3	VPPSA Project 10	Oil and petroleum	47.2 MW	2010	Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
4	Berlin 5	Oil and petroleum	41.8 MW	1972	Green Mountain Power Corp
5	Bellows Falls	Hydroelectric	40.8 MW	1928	Great River Hydro, LLC
6	Sheffield Wind	Wind	40 MW	2011	Evergreen Wind, LLC
7	Vernon Dam	Hydroelectric	35.9 MW	1909	Great River Hydro, LLC
8	Wilder	Hydroelectric	35.6 MW	1950	Great River Hydro, LLC
9	Harriman	Hydroelectric	33.6 MW	1924	Great River Hydro, LLC
10	Deerfield Wind LLC	Wind	30 MW	2017	Avangrid Power LLC
11	Burlington GT	Oil and petroleum	25.5 MW	1971	City of Burlington Electric (VT)
12	Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric	Hydroelectric	25.2 MW	1988	Central Rivers Power US, LLC
13	Ryegate Associates, LLC	Biomass and waste	21.5 MW	1992	Ryegate Associates, LLC
14	Coolidge Solar 1, LLC	Solar	19.6 MW	2018	Coolidge Solar I, LLC
15	Colchester 16	Oil and petroleum	18 MW	1965	Green Mountain Power Corp
16	Essex Junction 19	Hydroelectric	16 MW	1917	Green Mountain Power Corp
17	Ascutney	Oil and petroleum	13.2 MW	1961	Green Mountain Power Corp
18	Highgate Falls	Hydroelectric	11.6 MW	1923	Village of Swanton (VT)
19	Mcindoes	Hydroelectric	10.4 MW	1931	Great River Hydro, LLC
20	Georgia Mountain Community Wind Farm	Wind	10 MW	2012	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21	Bolton Falls	Hydroelectric	8.8 MW	1986	Green Mountain Power Corp
22	Coventry Clean Energy Corporation	Biomass and waste	8 MW	2005	Washington Electric Coop (VT)
23	Chace Mill Winooski One	Hydroelectric	7.5 MW	1993	City of Burlington Electric (VT)
24	Milton	Hydroelectric	7.4 MW	1929	Green Mountain Power Corp
25	GMP Solar/Storage-Ferrisburgh Hybrid	Solar	7 MW	2019	Green Mountain Power Corp

All 117 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Hydroelectric	46	336 MW	Bellows Falls	40.8 MW
Solar	53	160 MW	Coolidge Solar 1, LLC	19.6 MW
Oil and petroleum	5	146 MW	VPPSA Project 10	47.2 MW
Wind	5	151 MW	Kingdom Community Wind	65 MW
Biomass and waste	4	90.4 MW	J C McNeil	59.5 MW
Battery storage	4	15.9 MW	Georgia Ballard BESS	5 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
ISO New England	117	899 MW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Green Mountain Power Corp	40	299 MW
Great River Hydro, LLC	6	160 MW
City of Burlington Electric (VT)	3	92.5 MW
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority	1	47.2 MW
Evergreen Wind, LLC	1	40 MW
Avangrid Power LLC	1	30 MW
Central Rivers Power US, LLC	1	25.2 MW
Ryegate Associates, LLC	1	21.5 MW
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	5	20.5 MW
Coolidge Solar I, LLC	1	19.6 MW