12th largest plant in New York · 285th nationally
Sithe Independence Station is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 1,086 MW. It generates roughly 4.0M MWh per year — enough to power about 385,004 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 42% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 789 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,086 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 | Sithe Independence Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Sithe/Independence Llc |
| City | Oswego |
| County | Oswego County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 13126 |
| Coordinates | 43.49500, -76.45110 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 184 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 184 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 184 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 184 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vistra Energy | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 1.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 8 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 195 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 789 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.