S A Carlson
Natural gas power plant · Chautauqua County, New York
Nameplate capacity
96 MW
Rank in New York
#69
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1951
August 1951
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Jamestown Board of Public Util
- County
- Chautauqua County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New York
- #39 of 103
- EIA plant code
- 2682
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 42 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 25 MW | 23 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 25 MW | 23 MW | 1968 | 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
| Shoreham Energy LLC | Other | 100 MW |
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| Stony Creek Wind Farm NY | Wind | 94 MW |
| Harlem River Yard | Natural gas | 94 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 96 MW solar plant and a 96 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