NORTHPORT

How NORTHPORT compares

With 1,564 MW of capacity, NORTHPORT ranks 5th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 2nd of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.9% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 28th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 63% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NATIONAL GRID GENERATION LLC, runs 12 operating plants in New York totaling 3,945 MW. It shares Suffolk County with 24 other operating plants, including HOLTSVILLE and PORT JEFFERSON.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 1,564 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 3,705 GWh in 2024 (a 27% capacity factor), up 28% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1967 and 1977.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is 2ND TAXING DISTRICT, about 11.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 34 operating power plants totaling 5,442 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BRIDGEPORT STATION (582 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Brentwood (1650 Islip) in Brentwood, about 11.5 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