47th largest plant in New York · 2170th nationally
Carr Street Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 123 MW. It generates roughly 172.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,437 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 16% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1135 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 (123 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 | Carr Street Generating Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Carr Street Generating Sta Lp |
| City | East Syracuse |
| County | Onondaga County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 13057 |
| Coordinates | 43.06132, -76.08239 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 48.8 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 48.8 MW | Out of Service | 1993 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 25.0 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brascan Power Corporation | Quebec, CN | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 98.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 22 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1135 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.