NY · State grid profile

New York power grid

New York combines a large natural-gas fleet with hydro, nuclear, wind, and growing solar capacity. Its mix spans dense downstate demand and resource-rich upstate regions within one interconnected system.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity44,067 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants1,1801,919 operating generators
Proposed capacity8,550 MW19.4% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations29Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

New York capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Oil & gas64.7%28,500 MW
Hydro13.4%5,923 MW
Nuclear7.7%3,398 MW
Wind6.5%2,869 MW
Solar6.1%2,675 MW
Biomass1%458 MW
Storage0.6%244 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest New York power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
Robert Moses NiagaraPlant 2693HydroLewiston, NYNiagara CountyNew York Power Authority2,429 MW
RavenswoodPlant 2500Oil & gasLong Island, NYQueens CountyRavenswood Operations LLC2,096 MW
Nine Mile Point Nuclear StationPlant 2589NuclearLycoming, NYOswego CountyConstellation Nuclear1,901 MW
Oswego Harbor PowerPlant 2594Oil & gasOswego, NYOswego CountyOswego Harbor Power1,804 MW
NorthportPlant 2516Oil & gasNorthport, NYSuffolk CountyNational Grid Generation LLC1,564 MW
Astoria Generating StationPlant 8906Oil & gasAstoria, NYQueens CountyAstoria Generating Company, L.P.1,345 MW
Cricket Valley EnergyPlant 57185Oil & gasDover, NYDutchess CountyCricket Valley Energy Center LLC1,313 MW
Bowline PointPlant 2625Oil & gasWest Haverstraw, NYRockland CountyBowline, LLC1,242 MW
Roseton Generating FacilityPlant 8006Oil & gasNewsburgh, NYOrange CountyCCI Roseton LLC1,242 MW
Athens Generating PlantPlant 55405Oil & gasAthens, NYGreene CountyNew Athens Generating Company LLC1,222 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap