INDECK YERKES ENERGY CENTER

How INDECK YERKES ENERGY CENTER compares

With 60 MW of capacity, INDECK YERKES ENERGY CENTER ranks 79th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 47th 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 775th-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 Erie County with 3 other operating plants, including STEEL WINDS WIND FARM and STEEL WINDS II.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 60 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 20.9 GWh in 2024 (a 4% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HUNTLEY (230 kV), about 0.9 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 3,046 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 6.1 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