NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION

How NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION compares

With 1,901 MW of capacity, NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION ranks 3rd among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and is the largest of the 3 operating Nuclear plants in the state. It accounts for about 56% of New York's operating Nuclear capacity and 5.0% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 25th-largest of the 55 operating Nuclear plants in the database. Commissioned in 1969, it is older than 61% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Oswego County with 15 other operating plants, including OSWEGO HARBOR POWER and SITHE INDEPENDENCE STATION.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,901 MW of nameplate capacity, all nuclear technology. Net generation was 15,485 GWh in 2024 (a 93% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1969 and 1987.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NINE MILE (345 kV), about 0.1 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 15 operating power plants totaling 3,929 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is OSWEGO HARBOR POWER (1,804 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Westelcom Networks Watertown in Watertown, about 40.0 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