JAMES A FITZPATRICK

How JAMES A FITZPATRICK compares

With 882 MW of capacity, JAMES A FITZPATRICK ranks 15th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 2nd of the 3 operating Nuclear plants in the state. It accounts for about 26% of New York's operating Nuclear capacity and 2.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 50th-largest of the 55 operating Nuclear plants in the database. Commissioned in 1976, it is older than 57% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Oswego County with 15 other operating plants, including NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION and OSWEGO HARBOR POWER.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 883 MW of nameplate capacity, all nuclear technology. Net generation was 6,790 GWh in 2024 (an 88% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is FITZPATRICK (345 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 4,948 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION (1,901 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Westelcom Networks Watertown in Watertown, about 39.5 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