NYPA Generating Facilities
ST. LAWRENCE-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POWER PROJECT
Type: Hydroelectric
Location: Massena, St. Lawrence County
Nameplate Rating: 1,088.0 MW*
First Commercial Power: July 1958
2020 Net Generation: 7,799.1 GWh
NIAGARA POWER PROJECT
Type: Hydroelectric
Location: Lewiston, Niagara County
Nameplate Rating: 3,100.0 MW*
First Commercial Power: January 1961
2020 Net Generation: 17,244.8 GWh
BLENHEIM-GILBOA PUMPED STORAGE POWER PROJECT
Type: Pumped Storage/Hydroelectric
Location: North Blenheim and Gilboa, Schoharie County
Nameplate Rating: 1,160 MW*
First Commercial Power: July 1973
2020 Gross Generation: 281.7 GWh
RICHARD M. FLYNN POWER PLANT
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: Holtsville, Suffolk County
Nameplate Rating: 170.0 MW*
First Commercial Power: May 1994
2020 Net Generation: 564.0 GWh
FREDERICK R. CLARK ENERGY CENTER
Location: Marcy, Oneida County
Function: Coordinates NYPA system operations
Opened: June 1980
SMALL HYDRO FACILITIES
Located around the state, these facilities include the Ashokan Project, the Gregory B. Jarvis Plant, the Crescent Plant and the Vischer Ferry Plant.
Combined Nameplate Rating: 36.8 MW*
Combined 2020 Net Generation: 129.7 GWh
SMALL NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS
Type: Gas
Location: Ten plants at six City of New York sites and one in Brentwood, Suffolk County
Nameplate Rating: 517.0 MW*
First Commercial Power: June 2001
Combined 2020 Net Generation: 483.3 GWh
EUGENE W. ZELTMANN POWER PROJECT
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: Astoria, Queens County
Nameplate Rating: 576.0 MW*
First Commercial Power: December 2005
2020 Net Generation: 2,528.8 GWh
*Nameplate Rating: The maximum rated output of a generator under specific conditions designated by the manufacturer, as defined by the United States Energy Information Agency. As submitted by NYPA for inclusion in the 2020 Load & Capacity Data (“Gold Book”), The New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Affiliated facility: ASTORIA ENERGY II**
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: Astoria, Queens County
Nameplate Rating: 660.0 MW
First Commercial Power: July 2011
2020 Net Generation: 2,528.8 GWh
**Astoria Energy II is an independently owned facility that has entered into a 20-year supply agreement with NYPA to service its New York City governmental customers.
HUDSON TRANSMISSION PROJECT (HTP)
Type: High-Voltage Transmission Line
Location: Seven-mile 345-kV line from Public Service Electric & Gas Co.’s Bergen Substation in Ridgefield, N.J., to Consolidated Edison Co.’s West 49th St. Substation in Manhattan.
Capacity: 660 MW
First Commercial Operation: June 2013
**Average 2020 Availability to Transmit Power: 99.9%
Availability Hours: 8,777 Hours
***NYPA has a 20-year firm transmission capacity purchase agreement with Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC, the developer, owner and operator of the line, which connects with a neighboring regional transmission organization, PJM Interconnection. NYPA contracts for 87 percent of HTP’s transmission capacity, or up to 575 MW.