WADING RIVER

How WADING RIVER compares

With 239 MW of capacity, WADING RIVER ranks 35th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 4th of the 20 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.4% of New York's operating Oil capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 21st-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is newer than 59% 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 NORTHPORT and HOLTSVILLE.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 239 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 6.1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.3% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MILVON, about 20.6 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 23 operating power plants totaling 6,462 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHPORT (1,564 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Crown Castle Brentwood (1650 Islip) in Brentwood, about 21.5 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