NYPA Annual Report: Facilities

Photo of Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project

Photo of 500-Megawatt Combined Cycle Plant

Photo of Frederick R. Clark Energy Center

5. Richard M. Flynn Power Plant
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: Holtsville, Suffolk County
Net Dependable Capability: 135,000 kw
First Commercial Power: May 1994
2005 Net Generation: 1.1 billion kwh
Net Generation Through 2005: 13 billion kwh

6. Frederick R. Clark Energy Center
Function: Coordinates NYPA system operations
Location: Marcy, north of Utica, Oneida County
Opened: June 1980

7. Small Hydro Facilities
Located on reservoirs and waterways around the state, these facilities include the Ashokan Project (shown), the Kensico Project, the Gregory B. Jarvis Plant, the Crescent Plant and the Vischer Ferry Plant, with a combined net dependable capability of 11,000 kw. They produced a total of 174 million kwh in 2005.

8. SMALL, CLEAN power plants
Locations: Six New York City sites and Brentwood, Suffolk County
Net Dependable Capability:
461,000 kw total
First Commercial Power: June 2001
2005 Net Generation: 0.7 billion kwh
Net Generation Through 2005: 3.4 billion kwh

9. 500-MW ComBined-Cycle Plant
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: New York City, on the East River
Net Dependable Capability: 500,000 kw
First Commercial Power: December 2005

1. st. lawrence-franklin d. roosevelt power project
Type: Hydroelectric
Location: Massena, on the St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence County
Net Dependable Capability: 800,000 kw
First Commercial Power: July 1958
2005 Net Generation: 6.7 billion kwh
Net Generation Through 2005: 318.8 billion kwh

2. niagara power project
Type: Hydroelectric
Location: Lewiston, on the Niagara River, Niagara County
Net Dependable Capability:
2,400,000 kw
First Commercial Power: January 1961
2005 Net Generation: 13.7 billion kwh
Net Generation Through 2005: 654.4 billion kwh

3. Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project
Location: Blenheim and Gilboa, southwest of Albany, in Schoharie County
Net Dependable Capability: 1,040,000 kw
First Commercial Power: July 1973
2005 Gross Generation: 0.8 billion kwh
Gross Generation Through 2005: 46.7 billion kwh

4. Charles Poletti Power Project
Type: Gas/Oil
Location: New York City, on the East River
Net Dependable Capability: 885,000 kw
First Commercial Power: March 1977
2005 Net Generation: 2.4 billion kwh
Net Generation Through 2005: 69.8 billion kwh

Printed piece designed, written and produced by the Communications & Marketing Services Division of the Public & Governmental Affairs Department of the New York Power Authority. All photography was taken by NYPA staff photographers, except for the water photo under Innovation and the red Sprinter van onunder Clean Transportation.