7th largest plant in New York · 192nd nationally
Cricket Valley Energy is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 1,313 MW. It generates roughly 5.2M MWh per year — enough to power about 495,302 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 45% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 834 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 (1,313 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 | Cricket Valley Energy |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cricket Valley Energy Center Llc |
| City | Dover |
| County | Dutchess County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 12522 |
| Coordinates | 41.67611, -73.58111 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U004 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 263 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| U005 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 263 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| U006 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 263 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| U001 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 174 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| U002 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 174 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| U003 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 174 MW | Operating | 2020 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cricket Valley Energy Holdings Llc | Boston, MA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 2.2M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 11 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 103 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 834 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.