Ravenswood
NRG Energy, Inc. - Queens County - NYISO
Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,050 MW fossil-fueled power plant in Long Island City, Queens, owned by Rise Light & Power (a wholly owned affiliate of LS Power acquired by NRG Energy on January 30, 2026). The station comprises three steam-turbine generator units (Units 10, 20, and 30) totaling approximately 1,800 MW dating from 1963–1965, plus one 2004 combined-cycle natural-gas unit (Unit 40) rated approximately 250 MW. The 17 simple-cycle peaking units were permanently retired by 2024. All units are dual-fuel capable, primarily using natural gas with #2 fuel oil backup capability. The facility is interconnected to NYISO transmission through the 345 kV Rainey Substation (Unit 30) and 138 kV Vernon Substation (Units 10, 20, and 40). Ravenswood provides more than 20% of New York City's local generation capacity and serves as a critical dispatchable resource for grid reliability. Rise Light & Power has proposed the Renewable Ravenswood vision, which includes offshore-wind repowering, upstate renewable interconnections, energy storage, and clean thermal-energy initiatives to transition the site away from fossil generation.
Overview
Key fields
- Nameplate capacity
- 2,095.5 MW
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 2500
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Structured profile
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Rise Light & Power
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 400 MW 364.5 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | Feb 1963 | Operating |
| 2 | 400 MW 375.2 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | May 1963 | Operating |
| 3 | 1,027 MW 985.1 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | Jun 1965 | Operating |
| 4 | 181 MW 149.8 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Dec 2003 | Operating |
| 4S | 87.5 MW 72.4 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA | Dec 2003 | Operating |
| GT1 | 16 MW 8.1 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Jul 1967 | Operating |
| GT10 | 25 MW 16 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Jul 1969 | Operating |
| GT11 | 25 MW 16.4 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Jun 1969 Retirement: May 2023 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 1,827 MW
- National rank
- #2
- NY rank
- #1
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio owner / acquirer | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Ravenswood. | |
| Former owner / operator / asset manager | Site manager / redevelopment platform; predecessor owner affiliate | |
| Owner / parent company / seller | Predecessor owner and parent of former owner | |
| Owner / former owner / construction contractor | 1999 buyer / predecessor owner / Unit 40 developer | |
| Operator / registered agent | Ravenswood Operations, LLC | Operator |
| Lender / lead arranger | Refinancing arranger and bookrunner | |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-2500 | Canonical asset page /nyiso/assets/plant/ravenswood. |
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
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 3 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GT1 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GT11 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator GT10 with this operating date.
- Sale from Con Edison to KeySpaninvestor.co...
Con Edison sold the 1,753-MW Ravenswood Generating Station and 415-MW Ravenswood Gas Turbines to KeySpan Energy for $597 million
- Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 4, generator 4S with this operating date.
- Sale from National Grid to TransCanadasec.gov
National Grid (KeySpan successor) sold Ravenswood (2,480 MW) to TransCanada Corporation for US$2.9 billion
- Acquisition by LS Powertcenergy.com
TransCanada sold Ravenswood to LS Power (via Helix Generation, LLC affiliate) for approximately US$2.1 billion as part of broader sale of 3,950 MW Northeast portfolio
- Planned generator retirementEIA-860
EIA-860 lists a planned retirement for generator GT11.
- Completion of permanent peaker retirementnyserda.ny....
Rise Light & Power completed permanent retirement of all 17 fossil-fueled peaking generators; station maximum capacity reduced from approximately 2,500 MW to 2,000 MW
Sources
Common questions about Ravenswood
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
How big is Ravenswood?
Ravenswood has a reported capacity of 2,095.5 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.
What kind of plant is Ravenswood?
Ravenswood is a Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Queens County, NY, participating in the NYISO market.
Where is Ravenswood located?
Ravenswood is in Queens County, NY, inside the NYISO balancing area.
Who operates Ravenswood?
Ravenswood is operated by Ravenswood Operations LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
How much electricity does Ravenswood generate?
Ravenswood reported 3,253.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
How does Ravenswood compare to other plants?
By capacity, Ravenswood ranks #2 of 257 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #1 of 14 in NY.
Co-located assets
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