BETHPAGE POWER PLANT

How BETHPAGE POWER PLANT compares

With 240 MW of capacity, BETHPAGE POWER PLANT ranks 33rd among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 20th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.2% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 514th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is newer than 59% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Nassau County with 9 other operating plants, including E F BARRETT and GLENWOOD LANDING.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 240 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 573 GWh in 2024, up 31% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1989 and 2005.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NEWBRIDGE ROAD (345 kV), about 2.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, about 2.4 miles away. Another 42 operating power plants totaling 11,113 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 1025Connect in Westbury, about 3.2 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