ARTHUR KILL GENERATING STATION

How ARTHUR KILL GENERATING STATION compares

With 896 MW of capacity, ARTHUR KILL GENERATING STATION ranks 13th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 7th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.5% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 128th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1959, it is older than 66% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Richmond County with one other operating plant, POUCH.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 896 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 1,272 GWh in 2024 (a 16% capacity factor), up 32% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1959 and 1970.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAVERLY, about 6.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 78 operating power plants totaling 16,311 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RAVENSWOOD (2,625 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is Telehouse - Teleport Center (New York) in Staten Island, about 1.7 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology