Grid Storage

Bear Swamp hydroelectric plant

United States

34th-largest grid storage in United States of 101 · top 59% worldwide (#564 of 965)

Operator
Bear Swamp Power Co
Owner
Brookfield Renewable Partners LP
Status
operating
Capacity
666 MW
Technology
pumped storage
Commissioned
1974
Also listed as
A power plant — this site generates as well as stores

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation
Berkshire Substation
Its voltage
345 kV
Distance
26 km

Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.

Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km

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Watercourse: Deerfield River

SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)