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Port Jefferson Power Station is a fossil-burning power plant in Port Jefferson, New York on Long Island. It is operated by National Grid USA. Its four main steam turbine units were constructed between 1948 and 1960 by the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), with the older two decommissioned in 1994.
Read more on WikipediaThe Port Jefferson power plant, located in Suffolk County, New York, has a total capacity of 498 MW. The plant began operating in 1958 and is owned by National Grid, with National Grid Generation LLC listed as the operator. The facility utilizes a combination of natural gas and petroleum liquids as its primary fuel sources, employing both natural gas-fired combustion turbine and natural gas steam turbine technologies. It is considered a hybrid plant due to its multiple fuel and technology types.
Port Jefferson operates within the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) balancing authority and the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) NERC region. The plant's latest annual generation was 337,860 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 7.7%. It ranks as the 19th largest power plant in New York out of 38 plants and 487th nationally out of 945 plants. The plant consists of 5 generators.
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