Novelis Oswego aluminum hot mill and cold mill
Large load · 448 CO RTE 1A, Oswego, NY
Novelis Corporation's Oswego plant, in Scriba, Oswego County, New York, produces aluminum sheet and recycles aluminum scrap in about 1.7 million square feet of facilities. Its hot mill restarted in June 2026 after fires on September 16 and November 20, 2025. The mill sits beside the 1,100 MW Independence Power Plant, for which it serves as thermal and electrical host.
Overview
The county development agency says Novelis produces aluminum for the food, beverage, automotive and building products industries and recycles aluminum scrap at an approximately 1.7 million SF facility. Novelis said in 2026 that the hot mill is back online. Fires on September 16 and November 20, 2025 were contained to the hot mill area and surrounding building, while Recycling & Casting, Cold Rolling, Automotive Finishing and Shipping remained in operation.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- A 2022 project report describes National Grid outage coordination and tie-ins, a six-breaker ring bus 115 kV substation and a new 13.8 kV power system involving five existing feeders. The Novelis Oswego facility is the thermal and electrical host to an adjacent 1,100 MW natural gas combined cycle plant owned by Vistra, known as the Independence Power Plant. In 1994, Independence applied to sell approximately 40 MW of electricity at retail to Alcan Rolled Products, the plant's predecessor.
- Ownership
- The New York air permit is issued to Novelis Corporation, which is listed as owner, and Novelis is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited.
- Permits and investment
Facility
- Activity
- Produces aluminum for food, beverage, automotive and building products and recycles aluminum scrap
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Jun 10, 2026
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Air Title V Facility Permit ID 7-3556-00001/00097
Issued Feb 28, 2023