# Gowanus Gas Turbines Generating

NYISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/gowanus-gas-turbines-generating

U S Power Generating Company LLC - Kings County - NYISO

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in June 1971 and remains operational, having been subject to proposed repowering and retirement notices that were withdrawn in April 2026 based on NYISO reliability determinations through May 1, 2029.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 300 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 2494 — plant-2494

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- **Operator:** Alpha Generation Services, LLC (AlphaGen)

## Related parties

- **Portfolio operator / asset manager:** Alpha Generation Services, LLC (AlphaGen) — Financing covers a portfolio that includes Gowanus Gas Turbines Generating. ([source](https://www.alphagen.com/))
- **Portfolio project company / owner:** Eastern Generation, LLC — Financing covers a portfolio that includes Gowanus Gas Turbines Generating.
- **Former owner / seller:** Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) — Former owner and seller (1999)
- **Balancing authority / market operator / regulator:** New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) — Balancing authority and market operator for NYISO Zone J
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. — Transmission owner and substation operator at Gowanus and Greenwood substations
- **Owner / acquirer:** Astoria Generating Company Acquisitions, LLC — 2005 acquirer and former owner

## Sources

- [documents.dps.ny.gov](https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B50EEA8CD-58A9-40FC-87B5-3DC6E1CE3D4E%7D) — documents.dps.ny.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [investor.conedison.com](https://investor.conedison.com/news-releases/news-release-details/con-edison-completes-sales-major-new-york-city-power-plants/) — investor.conedison.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [alphagen.com](https://www.alphagen.com/) — alphagen.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [alphagen.com](https://www.alphagen.com/newsroom/press-releases/alphagen-withdraws-retirement-notices-for-gowanus-narrows-generating-stations-following-nyiso-reliability-determinations/) — alphagen.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [U S Power Generating Company LLC](https://www.alphagen.com/)

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