601st largest plant in New York · 8622nd nationally
William Floyd School District is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 3.9 MW. It generates roughly 3.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 301 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 9% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 641 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | William Floyd School District |
|---|---|
| Operator | William Floyd School District |
| City | Mastic Beach |
| County | Suffolk County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 11951 |
| Coordinates | 40.77694, -72.85083 |
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 | 1.3 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.3 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| GEN3 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.3 MW | Standby | 2004 |
| CO₂ | 1.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 21 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 641 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.