SELKIRK COGEN

How SELKIRK COGEN compares

With 446 MW of capacity, SELKIRK COGEN ranks 27th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 15th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.2% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 354th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1992, it is newer than 66% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Albany County with 6 other operating plants, including BETHLEHEM ENERGY CENTER and SCHOOL STREET.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 446 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 92.4 GWh in 2024 (a 2.4% capacity factor), down 73% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1992 and 1994.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NEW SCOTLAND (345 kV), about 3.2 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 17 operating power plants totaling 3,183 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ATHENS GENERATING PLANT (1,323 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, INOC Albany (80 State St) in Albany, about 7.5 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