FORTISTAR NORTH TONAWANDA

How FORTISTAR NORTH TONAWANDA compares

With 55 MW of capacity, FORTISTAR NORTH TONAWANDA ranks 86th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 50th 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 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 792nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1993, it is newer than 69% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Niagara County with 7 other operating plants, including ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA and LEWISTON NIAGARA.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 66 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 55 MW). Net generation was 289 GWh in 2024 (a 50% capacity factor), about 5 times its 2022 output.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HUNTLEY (230 kV), about 6.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 3,050 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA (2,429 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, ixColo in Buffalo, about 11.4 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