# Plant No 2 Freeport

NYISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/plant-no-2-freeport

Village of Freeport (New York) - Nassau County - NYISO

Operating electric utility power plant at 289 Buffalo Ave, Freeport, Nassau County, New York, consisting of an 18.1 MW petroleum-liquids combustion turbine that began operating in May 1973 and a 60.5 MW natural-gas-fired combustion turbine that began operating in April 2004, for a combined nameplate capacity of 78.6 MW. The 2004 project installed a GE LM6000 turbine and shared gas, electric-interconnection, substation, and site infrastructure with a separately owned merchant generator. The plant is municipally owned by the Village of Freeport and operates within NYISO Zone K.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 78.6 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 2679 — plant-2679

## Facts

- **Technology:** Petroleum Liquids, Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- **Operator:** Freeport Electric

## Related parties

- **Operator / O&M provider:** Freeport Electric — Operator and manager of the municipal generation facility ([source](https://www.freeportelectric.com/))
- **Interconnection counterparty / transmission owner:** Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) — Transmission owner; electric-system interconnection partner ([source](https://www.lipower.org/))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** GFS, LLC — Primary contractor for construction of the 2004 generation facilities and ancillary equipment; comprised Greenman Pedersen Inc., Fresh Meadows Mechanical Corporation, and Peter Scalamandre & Sons, Inc.
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Welsbach Electric Corporation — Contractor for construction of gas transmission line interconnection with KeySpan and electric transmission line interconnection with LIPA; worked in partnership with Bancker Construction
- **Equipment supplier:** GE Vernova — Manufacturer of the LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine installed at Power Plant 2 ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/lm6000))
- **Developer:** PPL Global — Selected as preferred vendor by LIPA in February 2002 for the merchant-generator project at Power Plant 2; later withdrew from the project in 2003
- **Developer:** ASH Energy — Selected as LIPA's preferred developer to replace PPL Global for the separate merchant-generator project at Power Plant 2; negotiated site lease and development agreements with the Village
- **Owner:** Equus Power I, L.P. — Owner and operator of a separate 60 MW merchant generator colocated at 289 Buffalo Avenue, distinct from the Village-owned EIA plant 2679 units
- **Fuel supplier / interconnection counterparty:** KeySpan — Natural-gas transmission system interconnection partner; the 2.5-mile gas line from Power Plant 2 connects to the KeySpan transmission system

## Sources

- [freeportelectric.com](https://www.freeportelectric.com/2155/Generation-Statistics) — freeportelectric.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [freeportelectric.com](https://www.freeportelectric.com/2184/Archives) — freeportelectric.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [freeportelectric.com](https://www.freeportelectric.com/2192/April-2003) — freeportelectric.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [freeportelectric.com](https://www.freeportelectric.com/2194/June-2003) — freeportelectric.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [freeportelectric.com](https://www.freeportelectric.com/2195/July-2003) — freeportelectric.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Village of Freeport (New York)](https://www.freeportny.gov/)

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