Joseph J Seymour Power Project
New York Power Authority - Kings County - NYISO
The Joseph J Seymour Power Project is a 94 MW natural-gas-fired combustion-turbine power plant located at 730 Third Avenue at 23rd Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The facility serves as a peaking resource supporting locational capacity, system capacity, operating reserves, and local reliability services including voltage support. Annual generation is approximately 104.2 GWh.
Overview
Key fields
- Nameplate capacity
- 94 MW
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 7910
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Structured profile
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- New York Power Authority
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 MW 40 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Jul 2001 | Operating |
| 2 | 47 MW 39.9 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Jul 2001 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 94 MW
- National rank
- #393
- NY rank
- #9
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
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, land, and environmental record
Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Owner / operator | Owner/Firm; State Public Power Authority | |
| Equipment supplier | OEM; turbine supplier | |
| Regulator | Environmental Regulator; Permit Issuer | |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-7910 | Canonical asset page /nyiso/assets/plant/joseph-j-seymour-power-project. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Moses Niagara | 2,042.1 MW | NY | |
| Blenheim Gilboa | 1,000 MW | NY | |
| Robert Moses Power Dam | 855 MW | NY | |
| Zeltmann | 528 MW | NY | |
| Lewiston Niagara | 220 MW | NY | |
| Richard M Flynn | 170 MW | NY | |
| Joseph J Seymour Power ProjectCurrent | 94 MW | NY | |
| Vernon Boulevard | 94 MW | NY |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
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Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1, generator 2 with this operating date.
- NYSDEC Permit Review Report Renewalextapps.dec...
NYSDEC issued Permit Review Report renewal 2 for the exact facility. The report identifies NYPA as owner and describes two GE LM6000 simple-cycle combustion turbines firing natural gas, together with two gas-fired inlet-air-heating boilers (Heatec, 7.4 mmBtu/hr each) and a diesel backup generator (746 bhp).
- Gowanus Repowering Proposal Withdrawncleanegroup...
A 2024 clean-energy presentation reports that the Gowanus repowering proposal associated with the NYPA Joseph J. Seymour peaker was withdrawn in 2021. The available evidence does not show that repowering was constructed or that the existing turbines were retired.
Sources
Common questions about Joseph J Seymour Power Project
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
How big is Joseph J Seymour Power Project?
Joseph J Seymour Power Project has a reported capacity of 94 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.
What kind of plant is Joseph J Seymour Power Project?
Joseph J Seymour Power Project is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine facility in Kings County, NY, participating in the NYISO market.
Where is Joseph J Seymour Power Project located?
Joseph J Seymour Power Project is in Kings County, NY, inside the NYISO balancing area.
Who operates Joseph J Seymour Power Project?
Joseph J Seymour Power Project is operated by New York Power Authority according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
How much electricity does Joseph J Seymour Power Project generate?
Joseph J Seymour Power Project reported 101.3 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
How does Joseph J Seymour Power Project compare to other plants?
By capacity, Joseph J Seymour Power Project ranks #393 of 825 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #9 of 31 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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