108th largest plant in New York · 3734th nationally
Brentwood is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 47.0 MW. It generates roughly 35.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,382 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 9% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1290 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Brentwood |
|---|---|
| Operator | New York Power Authority |
| City | Long Island |
| County | Suffolk County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 11717 |
| Coordinates | 40.78706, -73.29341 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 47.0 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 22.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 2 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1290 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.