Astoria Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Queens County, New York
Nameplate capacity
958 MW
Rank in New York
#12
of 1,164 plants
In service since
1954
March 1954
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- U S Power Generating Company LLC
- County
- Queens County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 2.16%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New York
- #8 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 8906
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 387 MW | 376 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 376 MW | 370 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 180 MW | 177 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 15 MW | 16 MW | 1967 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Sithe Independence Station | Natural gas | 1,158 MW |
| Blenheim Gilboa | Hydro | 1,000 MW |
| Robert Moses Power Dam | Hydro | 912 MW |
| Bethlehem Energy Center | Natural gas | 893 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 958 MW solar plant and a 958 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