Empire Generating Co LLC
Empire Generating Co LLC - Rensselaer County - NYISO
Empire Generating Co LLC is a 635 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle power plant located at 75 Riverside Avenue in Rensselaer, New York. The facility entered commercial operation on August 31, 2010, and comprises two GE 7FA combustion turbines, two Alstom triple-pressure heat-recovery steam generators, and one GE D-11 reheat steam turbine configured in a 2x1 combined-cycle arrangement. Low-sulfur fuel oil is available as backup fuel. The plant interconnects to the NYISO transmission system at the Reynolds Road 345 kV Substation and sells merchant energy, capacity, and ancillary services into the NYISO competitive wholesale markets. Following a bankruptcy restructuring in 2019, the facility is currently owned by a consortium comprising ITOCHU Corporation (50%), The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (25%), and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (25%), with asset management by Tyr Energy and operations and maintenance provided by NAES Corporation.
Overview
Key fields
- Nameplate capacity
- 653.7 MW
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 56259
plant-56259
Structured profile
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Empire Generating Co LLC
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT11 | 179 MW 155 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Sep 2010 | Operating |
| CT12 | 179 MW 155 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Sep 2010 | Operating |
| ST13 | 295.7 MW 270 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA | Sep 2010 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 653.7 MW
- National rank
- #208
- NY rank
- #6
Monthly generation
Download CSVMonthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
Grid and market context
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Nearby substations
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Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Financing
Transactions and agreements
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Former owner / sponsor | Energy Capital Partners | Former owner / sponsor |
| Affiliate / asset manager | Tyr Energy, Inc. | Asset manager |
| Operator | TTK Power, LLC | Business operator |
| O&M provider | NAES Corporation | Operations and maintenance provider |
| EPC contractor / construction contractor | CH2M HILL | EPC contractor |
| Equipment supplier | General Electric | Equipment supplier |
| Equipment supplier | Alstom | Equipment supplier |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-56259 | Canonical asset page /nyiso/assets/plant/empire-generating-co-llc. |
Reporting portfolio
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Energy Capital Partners acquisitionecpgp.com
Energy Capital Partners purchased the Empire power plant in July 2007 during the late stages of project development and construction.
- Construction and equipment installationdocuments.d...
CH2M HILL performed integrated engineering, procurement, and construction for the more-than-$500 million combined-cycle facility. Equipment installation began in early 2009.
- Commercial Operationdocuments.d...
The facility became fully operational on August 31, 2010, with all equipment installed and tested.
- Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator CT11, generator CT12, generator ST13 with this operating date.
- Sale by Energy Capital Partnersecpgp.com
Energy Capital Partners sold the Empire power plant to the consortium of buyers.
- Bankruptcy restructuring and debt swapnews.bloomb...
Empire Generating underwent bankruptcy restructuring. The restructuring provided for a credit bid of outstanding prepetition credit-agreement obligations and approval of a $353 million debt swap in exchange for handing the plant operator to secured lenders.
- Post-Bankruptcy Operationtimesunion....
Empire Generating was identified as continuing to own and operate the plant after the bankruptcy restructuring.
Sources
Common questions about Empire Generating Co LLC
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
How big is Empire Generating Co LLC?
Empire Generating Co LLC has a reported capacity of 653.7 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.
What kind of plant is Empire Generating Co LLC?
Empire Generating Co LLC is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Rensselaer County, NY, participating in the NYISO market.
Where is Empire Generating Co LLC located?
Empire Generating Co LLC is in Rensselaer County, NY, inside the NYISO balancing area.
Who operates Empire Generating Co LLC?
Empire Generating Co LLC is operated by Empire Generating Co LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
How much electricity does Empire Generating Co LLC generate?
Empire Generating Co LLC reported 2,977.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
How does Empire Generating Co LLC compare to other plants?
By capacity, Empire Generating Co LLC ranks #208 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #6 of 39 in NY.
Co-located assets
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
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