Searsburg
Bennington County, Vermont · EIA plant ID 6529 · Operator: Great River Hydro, LLC
Nameplate4MWSummer 5 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation16GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor40%hydro units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1922
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), hydro units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 | 35.2% | — |
| 2002 | -8.4 | -19.1% | — |
| 2003 | 23.3 | 53.7% | — |
| 2004 | 17.3 | 39.8% | — |
| 2005 | 11.1 | 25.6% | — |
| 2006 | 21.5 | 49.4% | — |
| 2007 | 2.9 | 6.6% | — |
| 2008 | 22.4 | 51.0% | — |
| 2009 | 24.6 | 56.2% | — |
| 2010 | 13.5 | 30.8% | — |
| 2011 | 21.5 | 49.1% | — |
| 2012 | 14.6 | 33.3% | — |
| 2013 | 16.6 | 38.0% | — |
| 2014 | 16.9 | 38.6% | — |
| 2015 | 12.7 | 32.1% | — |
| 2016 | 13.9 | 35.2% | — |
| 2017 | 19.7 | 50.0% | — |
| 2018 | 23.2 | 58.8% | — |
| 2019 | 19.4 | 49.2% | — |
| 2020 | 18 | 45.5% | — |
| 2021 | 19.8 | 50.3% | — |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 36.2% | — |
| 2023 | 21.6 | 54.8% | — |
| 2024 | 15.4 | 39.0% | — |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 40.4% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 4 | 4.5 | Mar 1922 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Great River Hydro, LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Great River Hydro, LLC | 100.0% | 4 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Searsburg Wind Turbine | 6 MW | 3 km |
| Deerfield Wind LLC | 30 MW | 5.5 km |
| Harriman | 34 MW | 8.7 km |
| Sherman | 7 MW | 15.7 km |
| New England Wind LLC | 29 MW | 17.6 km |
| Deerfield 5 | 18 MW | 20.1 km |