Gowanus Gas Turbines Generating
U S Power Generating Company LLCKings CountyNYISO
A floating Brooklyn generating station consisting of 32 simple-cycle combustion-turbine units on four power barges. The facility operates as a fast-start peaking resource with dual-fuel capability (natural gas and distillate fuel oil) on 16 of its 32 units. The station has black-start capability and is critical to reliability in NYISO Zone J. The facility was commissioned in June 1971 and remains operational, having been subject to proposed repowering and retirement notices that were withdrawn in April 2026 based on NYISO reliability determinations through May 1, 2029.