JOSEPH J SEYMOUR POWER PROJECT
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 94 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Kings County
- Operator
- NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2001
- EIA plant ID
- 7910
- Generators
- 2
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 101 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 12%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 40.6631, -74.0000
JOSEPH J SEYMOUR POWER PROJECT, a 94 MW Natural Gas power plant in Kings County, New York. Operated by NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, commissioned 2001.
How JOSEPH J SEYMOUR POWER PROJECT compares
With 94 MW of capacity, JOSEPH J SEYMOUR POWER PROJECT ranks 59th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 33rd of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 691st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 77% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, runs 19 operating plants in New York totaling 5,870 MW. It shares Kings County with 7 other operating plants, including GOWANUS GAS TURBINES GENERATING and NARROWS GAS TURBINES GENERATING.
EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 94 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 101 GWh in 2024 (a 12% capacity factor), down 11% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The nearest named substation is BAYONNE SWITCHING STATION, about 5.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, about 0.1 miles away. Another 79 operating power plants totaling 18,282 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 DataBank New York (LGA1) in New York, about 3.8 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
Weather peril exposure
JOSEPH J SEYMOUR POWER PROJECT is a 94 MW natural gas power plant in Kings County, NY, operated by NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, commissioned in 2001. Kings County carries low modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 1.5 of 5 at the 12th national percentile. Earthquake is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 79th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Kings County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake | Relatively High | 79th | 4.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hurricane | Relatively High | 75th | 4.0 of 5 | 0.16 |
| Coastal flooding | Relatively High | 44th | 2.8 of 5 | 3.8 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hail | Relatively High | 23rd | 1.9 of 5 | 1.9 |
| Winter weather | Very High | 20th | 1.8 of 5 | 8.7 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 15th | 1.6 of 5 | 0.74 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 14th | 1.6 of 5 | 0.03 |
| Heat wave | Very High | 11th | 1.4 of 5 | 10.1 |
| Riverine flooding | Very High | 9th | 1.3 of 5 | 2.0 |
| Strong wind | Very High | 3rd | 1.1 of 5 | 5.4 |
| Lightning | Very High | 0th | 1.0 of 5 | 32.7 |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Kings County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.