115th largest plant in New York · 3823rd nationally
Riverbay is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 43.5 MW. It generates roughly 169.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,099 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 44% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (43.5 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 | Riverbay |
|---|---|
| Operator | Riverbay Corp |
| City | New York |
| County | Bronx County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 10475 |
| Coordinates | 40.86997, -73.82444 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 16.0 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.9 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.9 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| GEN1 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 6.0 MW | Retired | 1969 |
| U0007 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.7 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| NOₓ | 40 metric tons |
|---|
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.