PLANT NO 2

How PLANT NO 2 compares

With 79 MW of capacity, PLANT NO 2 ranks 67th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 39th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.4% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 731st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is older than 58% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, runs 2 operating plants in New York totaling 85 MW. It shares Nassau County with 9 other operating plants, including E F BARRETT and BETHPAGE POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 79 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 31.1 GWh in 2024 (a 4.5% capacity factor), down 44% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1973 and 2004.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NEWBRIDGE ROAD (345 kV), about 6.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line, about 3.1 miles away. Another 45 operating power plants totaling 11,738 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 501 Franklin Ave in Garden City, about 6.3 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