Power plants in New York

1,098 operating power projects with 43,217 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Projects

1,098

Nameplate capacity

43,217 MW

Counties with a plant

62

Operators

457

Power markets: NYISO prices

Capacity by fuel

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in New York

Top 50 · All 1,098 plants
PlantPrimary fuelMWCountyOperator
Robert Moses NiagaraHydro2,429NiagaraNew York Power Authority
RavenswoodNatural gas2,096QueensRavenswood Operations LLC
Nine Mile Point Nuclear StationNuclear1,901OswegoConstellation Nuclear
Oswego Harbor PowerOil1,804OswegoOswego Harbor Power
NorthportNatural gas1,564SuffolkNational Grid Generation LLC
Cricket Valley EnergyNatural gas1,312DutchessCricket Valley Energy Center LLC
Bowline PointNatural gas1,242RocklandBowline, LLC
Roseton Generating FacilityNatural gas1,242OrangeCCI Roseton LLC
Athens Generating PlantNatural gas1,222GreeneNew Athens Generating Company LLC
Sithe Independence StationNatural gas1,158OswegoSithe/Independence LLC

New York power plants by fuel

Newest plants in New York

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in New York

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 1,098 plants in New York, by county

Albany County 31 plants

Allegany County 15 plants

Bronx County 8 plants

Broome County 12 plants

Cattaraugus County 13 plants

Chautauqua County 25 plants

Chemung County 7 plants

Chenango County 5 plants

Clinton County 21 plants

Columbia County 9 plants

Cortland County 10 plants

Delaware County 1 plant

Dutchess County 21 plants

Essex County 9 plants

Franklin County 12 plants

Fulton County 20 plants

Genesee County 22 plants

Greene County 10 plants

Herkimer County 11 plants

Jefferson County 33 plants

Kings County 11 plants

Lewis County 29 plants

Livingston County 10 plants

Madison County 13 plants

Monroe County 32 plants

Montgomery County 16 plants

Nassau County 12 plants

New York County 9 plants

Niagara County 21 plants

Oneida County 39 plants

Onondaga County 34 plants

Orange County 53 plants

Orleans County 10 plants

Oswego County 31 plants

Putnam County 1 plant

Queens County 16 plants

Rensselaer County 21 plants

Richmond County 17 plants

Rockland County 6 plants

Saratoga County 37 plants

Schoharie County 3 plants

Seneca County 8 plants

St Lawrence County 57 plants

Steuben County 13 plants

Suffolk County 55 plants

Sullivan County 25 plants

Tioga County 14 plants

Tompkins County 17 plants

Ulster County 25 plants

Warren County 5 plants

Washington County 15 plants

Wayne County 11 plants

Westchester County 16 plants

Wyoming County 13 plants

Yates County 6 plants

Questions about power plants in New York

How many power plants are in New York?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 1,098 operating power projects in New York, with 43,217 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in New York?

Robert Moses Niagara in Niagara County, with 2,429.1 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Ravenswood, with 2,095.5 MW.

How much of New York's capacity is hydro?

4,480 MW, about 10% of nameplate capacity. 155 projects have hydro as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources