Power plants operated by New York Power Authority
New York Power Authority operates 20 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 5,896 MW of nameplate capacity, the 44th-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. All of them are in New York. Hydroelectric is 58% of the capacity; the largest site is Robert Moses Niagara. Its oldest working unit dates from 1924, at Crescent. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 20 MW.
- Hydroelectric3,421 MW58%
- Pumped-storage hydro1,240 MW21%
- Natural gas1,215 MW21%
- Battery storage20 MW0.3%
Capacity by decade it came online
Natural gasHydroelectricPumped-storage hydroBattery storage
Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.
Plants
| Plant | State | Runs on | Capacity | First unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Moses Niagara | New York | Hydroelectric | 2,429 MW | 1961 |
| Blenheim Gilboa | New York | Pumped-storage hydro | 1,000 MW | 1973 |
| Robert Moses Power Dam | New York | Hydroelectric | 912 MW | 1958 |
| Zeltmann | New York | Natural gas | 528 MW | 2005 |
| Lewiston Niagara | New York | Pumped-storage hydro | 240 MW | 1961 |
| Richard M Flynn | New York | Natural gas | 170 MW | 1994 |
| Harlem River Yard | New York | Natural gas | 94 MW | 2001 |
| Hell Gate | New York | Natural gas | 94 MW | 2001 |
| Joseph J Seymour Power Project | New York | Natural gas | 94 MW | 2001 |
| Vernon Boulevard | New York | Natural gas | 94 MW | 2001 |
| Brentwood | New York | Natural gas | 47 MW | 2001 |
| North 1st | New York | Natural gas | 47 MW | 2001 |
| Pouch | New York | Natural gas | 47 MW | 2001 |
| Neversink | New York | Hydroelectric | 25 MW | 1953 |
| Willis Battery Storage | New York | Battery storage | 20 MW | 2023 |
| Grahamsville | New York | Hydroelectric | 18 MW | 1956 |
| Crescent | New York | Hydroelectric | 11.6 MW | 1924 |
| Vischer Ferry | New York | Hydroelectric | 11.6 MW | 1924 |
| Jarvis (Hinckley) | New York | Hydroelectric | 9 MW | 1991 |
| Ashokan | New York | Hydroelectric | 4.6 MW | 1982 |