1024th largest plant in New York · 12726th nationally
South Oaks Hospital is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 1.0 MW. It generates roughly 6.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 612 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 73% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 598 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | South Oaks Hospital |
|---|---|
| Operator | South Oak Hospital |
| City | Amityville |
| County | Suffolk County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 11701 |
| Coordinates | 40.68530, -73.42580 |
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 Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.6 MW | Retired | 1990 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.6 MW | Retired | 1990 |
| CG1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.2 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CG2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.2 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CG3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.2 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CG4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.2 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CG5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.2 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| CO₂ | 1.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 41 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 598 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.