OSWEGO HARBOR POWER

How OSWEGO HARBOR POWER compares

With 1,804 MW of capacity, OSWEGO HARBOR POWER ranks 4th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and is the largest of the 20 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 41% of New York's operating Oil capacity and 4.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1975, 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 SITHE INDEPENDENCE STATION.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,804 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 44.3 GWh in 2024 (a 0.3% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1975 and 1979.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is OSWEGO (345 kV), about 0.2 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 13 operating power plants totaling 3,983 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 47.2 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