Situated on the town's Cousins Island, the facility was completed in 1957.

[1][2] The facility has four steam turbine units, the most recent of which, with its 421-foot chimney, went online in 1978.

With $2 million in annual revenue for the town, it is Yarmouth's largest property taxpayer.

In the 1980s, it paid half of the town's tax burden; as of 2012, however, it covered less than 8%.

[5] A 16.2 megawatt battery storage capacity was added to the station in 2016.