ASTORIA GENERATING STATION

How ASTORIA GENERATING STATION compares

With 1,345 MW of capacity, ASTORIA GENERATING STATION ranks 6th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 3rd of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.8% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 37th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1954, it is older than 71% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, U S POWER GENERATING COMPANY LLC, runs 3 operating plants in New York totaling 2,337 MW. It shares Queens County with 8 other operating plants, including RAVENSWOOD and ASTORIA ENERGY II.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 1,345 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 871 GWh in 2024 (a 7.4% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1954 and 1967.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOTT HAVEN, about 1.5 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 66 operating power plants totaling 15,747 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RAVENSWOOD (2,625 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 30 mapped data centers; the nearest is FiberNet Telecom Group New York (111 Eighth Ave) in New York, about 5.7 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