Ticonderoga Mill

🛢 OilIndustrial CHP42 MW capacity

116th largest plant in New York · 3847th nationally

Ticonderoga Mill is a oil power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 42.1 MW. It generates roughly 177.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,880 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 48% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%48%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 20.8k MWh (66% of capacity)JFeb: 19.1k MWh (68% of capacity)FMar: 17.9k MWh (57% of capacity)MApr: 17.2k MWh (57% of capacity)AMay: 4.3k MWh (14% of capacity)MJun: 15.6k MWh (52% of capacity)JJul: 14.1k MWh (45% of capacity)JAug: 16.5k MWh (53% of capacity)ASep: 14.0k MWh (46% of capacity)SOct: 15.8k MWh (50% of capacity)ONov: 16.6k MWh (55% of capacity)NDec: 20.1k MWh (64% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (42.1 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.

Capacity42 MWnameplate
Annual Generation177.2k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor48%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NameTiconderoga Mill
OperatorSylvamo North America Llc
CityTiconderoga
CountyEssex County
StateNew York
ZIP12883
Coordinates43.89144, -73.39700

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

OilHydroelectricSolarBiomass

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas42.1 MWOperating1970

Emissions (annual)

SO₂123 metric tons
NOₓ98 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionNPCC
Balancing AuthorityNew York Independent System Operator

About Oil plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

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