# Danskammer Generating Station

NYISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/danskammer-generating-station

Danskammer Energy, LLC - Orange County - NYISO

Danskammer Generating Station is a four-unit fossil-fueled steam-turbine generating facility located at 994 River Road on the west shore of the Hudson River in the Town of Newburgh, Orange County, New York. The facility has approximately 532 MW of nameplate capacity (boiler-rated capacity totals 500 MW). All units can burn natural gas; Units 1 and 2 also have fuel-oil capability. The facility was built in stages by Central Hudson Gas & Electric and originally operated as a coal-fired plant before being converted to dual-fuel and later natural-gas operation following New York utility deregulation. The plant operates as a peaking and reliability resource within NYISO Zone G.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 532 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 2480 — plant-2480

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- **Operator:** Danskammer Energy, LLC

## Related parties

- **Former owner / developer / construction partner:** Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation — original developer and builder; long-term owner ([source](https://www.chenergygroup.com/))
- **Balancing authority / market operator / regulatory counterparty:** New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) — wholesale market operator and balancing authority ([source](https://www.nyiso.com/))
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. — transmission owner and interconnection counterparty ([source](https://www.chenergygroup.com/))

## Sources

- [documents.dps.ny.gov](https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B94915B9E-51CD-4AA7-856F-3C48100E174D%7D) — documents.dps.ny.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [documents.dps.ny.gov](https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7BA3F067D3-5035-40E3-9F3B-0690C9AAABC0%7D) — documents.dps.ny.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Danskammer Energy, LLC](https://www.danskammerenergy.com/)

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