# Indeck Yerkes Energy Center

NYISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/indeck-yerkes-energy-center

Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership - Erie County - NYISO

Operating combined-cycle natural-gas cogeneration facility at 1 Sheridan Drive, Tonawanda, Erie County, New York, owned and operated by Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership. The facility comprises two operating generators with 40.6 MW and 19.3 MW nameplate capacity (totaling approximately 59.9 MW). It uses a General Electric Frame 6 (PG6541(B)) gas turbine and a GE steam turbine in a 1×1 combined-cycle configuration. Commercial operation began in December 1989. The facility provides electricity to the open market and historically supplied up to 75,000 lb/hr of low-pressure steam to the adjoining DuPont-Yerkes production plant.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 59.900000000000006 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 50451 — plant-50451

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- **Operator:** Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership — Owner and operator of the Indeck Yerkes Energy Center ([source](https://indeckenergy.com/projects/))
- **Parent company:** Indeck Energy Services, Inc. — Parent company; developer, owner, and operator of cogeneration projects ([source](https://indeckenergy.com/projects/))
- **Interconnection counterparty / transmission owner:** Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid — Transmission system owner and interconnection service provider ([source](https://www.nationalgrid.com/))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** New York Independent System Operator, Inc. — Balancing authority and ISO market operator ([source](https://www.nyiso.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric — Original equipment manufacturer ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/))
- **Fuel supplier:** Indeck Gas Supply Corporation — Canadian natural gas supplier

## Sources

- [gevernova.com](http://gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/6b) — gevernova.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [hgeo.energy.gov](http://hgeo.energy.gov/ng_regulation/sites/default/files/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/1989/orders/ord326.pdf) — hgeo.energy.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [extapps.dec.ny.gov](https://extapps.dec.ny.gov/data/dar/afs/permits/914640015300004_r2_1.pdf) — extapps.dec.ny.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [indeckenergy.com](https://indeckenergy.com/projects) — indeckenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/indeck-yerkes-energy-center
Website: [Indeck-Yerkes Limited Partnership](https://indeckenergy.com/projects/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/