BOWLINE POINT

How BOWLINE POINT compares

With 1,242 MW of capacity, BOWLINE POINT ranks 8th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 5th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.3% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 52nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 58% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Rockland County with 2 other operating plants, HILLBURN and LEDERLE LABORATORIES.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,242 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 1,286 GWh in 2024 (a 12% capacity factor), down 12% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1972 and 1974.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is W. HAVERSTRAW (345 kV), about 1.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by ORANGE & ROCKLAND UTILS INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 386 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COS COB (115 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty EWR (100 Delawanna) in Clifton, about 27.2 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