19th largest plant in New York · 483rd nationally
East River is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 716 MW. It generates roughly 3.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 293,210 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 49% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 883 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 (716 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 | East River |
|---|---|
| Operator | Consolidated Edison Co-Ny Inc |
| City | New York |
| County | New York County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 10009 |
| Coordinates | 40.72810, -73.97420 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Operating | 1955 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 180 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 180 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 156 MW | Operating | 1951 |
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 18 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 582 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 883 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.