ATHENS GENERATING PLANT

How ATHENS GENERATING PLANT compares

With 1,323 MW of capacity, ATHENS GENERATING PLANT ranks 7th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 4th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.7% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 41st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 81% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Greene County with one other operating plant, WEST COXSACKIE.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,222 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 3,970 GWh in 2024 (a 37% capacity factor), down 8% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2003 and 2004.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ATHENS (345 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELEC CORP, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 2,183 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BETHLEHEM ENERGY CENTER (893 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, INOC Albany (80 State St) in Albany, about 26.5 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