How many natural gas power plants are in New York?

New York has 111 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 24 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in New York?

Ravenswood in Queens County, New York is the largest, at 2,096 MW. It came online in 2003.

How many natural gas power plants were built in New York in 2025?

1 natural gas power plant came online in New York in 2025, with 162 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in New York?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in New York

New York has 111 operating natural gas power plants with 24 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

New York had 90 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 111 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in New York

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Ravenswood	Queens County	2003	2,096 MW
2	Northport	Suffolk County	1977	1,548 MW
3	Cricket Valley Energy	Dutchess County	2020	1,313 MW
4	Bowline Point	Rockland County	1974	1,242 MW
5	Roseton Generating Facility	Orange County	1974	1,242 MW
6	Athens Generating Plant	Greene County	2004	1,222 MW
7	Sithe Independence Station	Oswego County	1994	1,158 MW
8	Astoria Generating Station	Queens County	1967	958 MW
9	Bethlehem Energy Center	Albany County	2005	893 MW
10	Arthur Kill Generating Station	Richmond County	1969	878 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in New York

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	RED-Rochester, LLC	Monroe County	2025	162 MW
2	Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant	Albany County	2024	4 MW
3	Fuel Cell 3245 Yates Avenue	Bronx County	2022	5 MW
4	Apple Staten Island - Winant Place	Richmond County	2022	5 MW
5	Apple Staten Island - Industrial Loop	Richmond County	2022	5 MW
6	SWM Fuel Cell	Suffolk County	2021	8 MW
7	Altice - Hicksville	Nassau County	2021	2 MW
8	Fuel Cell 18B Sneden Avenue	Richmond County	2020	4 MW
9	Fuel Cell 18A Sneden Avenue	Richmond County	2020	4 MW
10	Bloom-Altice Fuel Cell	Nassau County	2020	2 MW

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How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in New York

How many natural gas power plants are in New York?: New York has 111 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 24 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in New York?: Ravenswood in Queens County, New York is the largest, at 2,096 MW. It came online in 2003.
How many natural gas power plants were built in New York in 2025?: 1 natural gas power plant came online in New York in 2025, with 162 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in New York?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.