59th Street
Natural gas power plant · New York County, New York
Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in New York
#175
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1969
June 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Consolidated Edison Co-NY Inc
- County
- New York County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New York
- #75 of 103
- EIA plant code
- 2503
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 17 MW | 15 MW | 1969 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in New York
| Seneca Energy | Other | 18 MW |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | Other | 18 MW |
| Reworld Babylon Inc | Other | 17 MW |
| Upper Mechanicville | Hydro | 16 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 17 MW solar plant and a 17 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All New York power plants · What New York actually generates