Waters River unit 1, MA — planned retirement, EIA data for May 2026
For Waters River unit 1, MA, planned retirement year is 2026; planned retirement month is 6; net summer capacity (mw) is 16.0; technology is Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; fuel code is NG; operator is City of Peabody - (MA), verified against its source on 2026-11-03.
- Plant
- Waters River verified
- EIA plant ID
- 1678 verified
- Generator ID
- 1 verified
- Planned retirement year
- 2026 verified
- Planned retirement month
- 6 verified
- Superseded by
- Already retired. EIA's Form 860M now lists this unit under 'Inventory of Retired Generators as of July 2026', with a retirement of 6/2026 -- the month this page prints as a plan, which has since happened. Read from the permanent archived copy at https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/archive/xls/july_generator2026.xlsx. our reading
- Operator
- City of Peabody - (MA) verified
- EIA entity ID
- 14605 verified
- Producer type
- Electric Utility verified
- State
- MA verified
- Net summer capacity (MW)
- 16.0 verified
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine verified
- Fuel code
- NG verified
- Prime mover
- GT verified
- EPM edition
- May 2026 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
2026 6 14605 City of Peabody - (MA) Electric Utility Waters River MA 1678 1 16.0 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine NG GT
— eia.gov, retrieved 2026-09-24
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
EPM edition
Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2016-May 2026
— all from eia.gov, retrieved 2026-09-24
Source
- eia.govhttps://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/july2026.pdf