Selkirk Cogen
Natural gas power plant · Albany County, New York
Nameplate capacity
446 MW
Rank in New York
#29
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1992
April 1992
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Selkirk Cogen Partners LP
- County
- Albany County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 1.00%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New York
- #20 of 103
- EIA plant code
- 10725
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 148 MW | — | 1994 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | 76 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | 277 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | — | 1994 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 12 MW | — | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Zeltmann | Natural gas | 528 MW |
| Port Jefferson | Natural gas | 498 MW |
| Narrows Gas Turbines Generating | Natural gas | 352 MW |
| Caithness Long Island Energy Center | Natural gas | 349 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 446 MW solar plant and a 446 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