West Babylon
Other power plant · Suffolk County, New York
Nameplate capacity
52 MW
Rank in New York
#105
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1971
August 1971
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- National Grid Generation LLC
- County
- Suffolk County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among other plants in New York
- #12 of 99
- EIA plant code
- 2521
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 52 MW | 50 MW | 1971 | 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.
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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 52 MW solar plant and a 52 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