Cabot Generating Station

The Cabot Generating Station is Massachusetts’ largest conventional hydropower facility located on the Connecticut River in Montague.

The facility, which is the second of a two station system along 2.7 miles of the river called the Turners Falls Project, has been providing clean electricity since 1916. The Project is currently equipped with 3 upstream fish passage facilities, which operate on a schedule established annually by the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.

Location: Montague, MA River System: Connecticut River Capacity: 62 MW Turbines: 6 generating units Originally Built: 1915