SITHE INDEPENDENCE STATION

How SITHE INDEPENDENCE STATION compares

With 1,086 MW of capacity, SITHE INDEPENDENCE STATION ranks 10th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 6th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.5% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 77th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1994, it is newer than 70% 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 OSWEGO HARBOR POWER.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,158 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 6,158 GWh in 2024 (a 61% capacity factor), up 67% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SITHE (345 kV), about 0.3 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 14 operating power plants totaling 4,708 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 42.6 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