EQUUS FREEPORT POWER

How EQUUS FREEPORT POWER compares

With 60 MW of capacity, EQUUS FREEPORT POWER ranks 78th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 46th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 774th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 83% 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 BETHPAGE POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 120 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 60 MW). Net generation was 45.4 GWh in 2024 (a 4.3% capacity factor), down 29% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NEWBRIDGE ROAD (345 kV), about 6.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line, about 3.1 miles away. Another 45 operating power plants totaling 11,757 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 501 Franklin Ave in Garden City, about 6.4 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