How many natural gas power plants are in NYISO?

NYISO has 113 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 26 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in NYISO?

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 NYISO in 2025?

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

Who is developing natural gas power plants in NYISO?

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 NYISO

NYISO has 113 operating natural gas power plants with 26 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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See planned natural gas power plants in NYISO

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

NYISO had 91 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 113 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 NYISO

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Ravenswood	Queens County, New York	2003	2,096 MW
2	Northport	Suffolk County, New York	1977	1,548 MW
3	Cricket Valley Energy	Dutchess County, New York	2020	1,313 MW
4	Bowline Point	Rockland County, New York	1974	1,242 MW
5	Roseton Generating Facility	Orange County, New York	1974	1,242 MW
6	Athens Generating Plant	Greene County, New York	2004	1,222 MW
7	Sithe Independence Station	Oswego County, New York	1994	1,158 MW
8	Linden Cogen Plant	Union County, New Jersey	2002	974 MW
9	Astoria Generating Station	Queens County, New York	1967	958 MW
10	Bethlehem Energy Center	Albany County, New York	2005	893 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in NYISO

Newest first

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

How many natural gas power plants are in NYISO?: NYISO has 113 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 26 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in NYISO?: 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 NYISO in 2025?: 1 natural gas power plant came online in NYISO in 2025, with 162 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in NYISO?: 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.