DANSKAMMER GENERATING STATION

How DANSKAMMER GENERATING STATION compares

With 537 MW of capacity, DANSKAMMER GENERATING STATION ranks 23rd among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and is the largest of the 4 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 61% of New York's operating Coal capacity and 1.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 161st-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1951, it is older than 73% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CCI ROSETON LLC, runs 2 operating plants in New York totaling 1,779 MW. It shares Orange County with 5 other operating plants, including ROSETON GENERATING FACILITY and SHOEMAKER.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 537 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 19.2 GWh in 2024 (a 0.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1951 and 1967.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ROSETON (345 kV), about 0.3 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 10 operating power plants totaling 1,382 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROSETON GENERATING FACILITY (1,242 MW, Oil).

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