9th largest plant in New York · 219th nationally
Bowline Point is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 1,242 MW. It generates roughly 935.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 89,126 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 9% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1210 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,242 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Bowline Point |
|---|---|
| Operator | Bowline, Llc |
| City | West Haverstraw |
| County | Rockland County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 10993 |
| Coordinates | 41.20440, -73.96890 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOW3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 750 MW | Indef Postponed | — |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 621 MW | Operating | 1972 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 621 MW | Operating | 1974 |
| CO₂ | 566.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 33 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 548 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1210 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | New York Independent System Operator |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.