APPENDIX C. Entities That Self-Generate and Retain Electricity, January 2001.

Fuel Type

No. of Facilities

Total Capacity (MW)

No. of Towns

Range of Capacity of Individual Facilities

Diesel

1

4.50

1

4.50 MW

Gas

38

44.53

23

0.02 - 23.80 MW

Gas/Oil

4

18.84

1

0.24 - 6.20 MW

Hydro

9

1.36

9

0.02 - 0.53 MW

Methane

1

0.13

1

0.13 MW

Oil

8

36.39

7

0.01 - 25.00 MW

Oil/Gas

2

20.50

2

2.00 - 18.50 MW

Propane

1

0.03

1

0.03 MW

Solar

3

0.12

3

0.02 - 0.05 MW

Waste Heat

1

2.00

1

2.00 MW

Wind

3

0.05

3

0.01 - 0.02 MW

TOTAL

71

128.45

*

0.01 - 25.00 MW

MW = megawatts

* Some towns have more than one self-generating facility within their borders, but not all of them use the same type of fuel. Forty-one towns have at least one facility.

Source of data: Connecticut Siting Council, Review of the Connecticut Electric Utilities' Twenty-Year Forecasts of Loads and Resources (October 2001), Appendix A.