# RED-Rochester, LLC

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RED-Rochester, LLC owns and operates the Eastman Business Park utility system in Rochester, New York, a 1,200-acre district-energy campus. The facility provides electricity, steam, chilled water, wastewater treatment, compressed air, nitrogen, and related utility services to over 100 commercial and industrial customers. The power plant includes six steam-driven turbine-generators totaling 117 MW of capacity, natural-gas-fired boilers at 1,400 and 260 psig, and a 38 MW gas-turbine combined-cycle cogeneration facility. In 2017, RED retired 127 years of continuous coal-fired operations and converted the system to natural-gas fuel.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Conventional Hydroelectric
- Power capacity: 162.8 MW

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: NYISO
- Balancing authority: NYISO

## Source-backed facts

- Location.state: New York — red-rochester.com · confidence: review_required
- Location.iso: NYISO — nyiso.com · confidence: review_required
- Capacity.capability summer mw: 16.5 MW — nyiso.com · confidence: review_required
- Capacity.export import mw: 41 MW — documents.dps.ny.gov · confidence: review_required
- Fuel.primary: Natural Gas — nyiso.com · confidence: review_required
- Technology.additional: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine (38 MW GE Frame 6B) — power-eng.com · confidence: review_required
- Operator: RED-Rochester, LLC — red-rochester.com · confidence: review_required
- Fuel transition.retirement type: Fuel conversion: coal retired, replaced with natural gas — red-rochester.com · confidence: review_required
- Coal operations.status: Coal-free since March 2018 for first time in 127+ years — red-rochester.com · confidence: review_required
- Customers.count: 100 customers — seitplc.com · confidence: review_required
- Park.acreage: 1200 acres — seitplc.com · confidence: review_required
- Boiler capacity.steam lbs per hour: 1500000 lbs/hr — power-eng.com · confidence: review_required
- Utility services.count: 17 services — power-eng.com · confidence: review_required

## Timeline

- 1891-01-01 — Original Kodak utility plant established
  Building 1 at Kodak Park was completed with coal boilers and steam-powered refrigeration machines, establishing the earliest documented predecessor utility infrastructure for the Eastman Business Park power plant.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 1937-01-01 — Building 101 fuel conversion to natural gas and oil
  Building 101 boilers were converted from coal to natural gas and oil firing, representing an early fuel transition at the Kodak facility.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 1963-01-01 — Building 321 constructed
  Kodak constructed Building 321, which later housed additional coal-fired boilers and four turbine generators as the central power plant.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 1986-01-01 — Final compliance boiler entered service
  Final compliance-type boiler came online at the Kodak utility plant, completing coal-fired generation infrastructure.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 2016-10-01 — Coal-to-natural-gas modernization construction began
  Engineering and construction began for RED's coal-to-natural-gas modernization project, a major investment to retire 127 years of continuous coal-fired operations and install new natural-gas-fired boilers and controls.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 2017-09-01 — Natural-gas pipeline entered service
  A new 4.5-mile natural-gas pipeline, constructed and owned by Rochester Gas & Electric through contractor The DDS Companies, was placed into service to supply increased natural-gas demand to RED-Rochester following the coal retirement.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)
- 2018-03-01 — Natural-gas transition completed
  The modernized facility was fully transitioned to natural-gas-fired operations; Eastman Business Park became coal-free for the first time in more than 127 years of continuous utility operations.
  Source: red-rochester.com (https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf)

## Sources

- [documents.dps.ny.gov](https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B24052C44-0A06-4EC3-8D4F-B93BD19D95EA%7D) — documents.dps.ny.gov · tier authoritative
- [documents.dps.ny.gov](https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B71A698D8-E4DE-4255-B8DC-D978E5887704%7D) — documents.dps.ny.gov · tier authoritative
- [red-rochester.com](https://red-rochester.com/) — red-rochester.com · tier public_source
- [red-rochester.com](https://red-rochester.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RED-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony-Press-Packet-072418-FINAL.pdf) — red-rochester.com · tier public_source
- [gevernova.com](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/6b) — gevernova.com · tier public_source
- [nyiso.com](https://www.nyiso.com/documents/20142/2226333/2025-Gold-Book-Public.pdf) — nyiso.com · tier authoritative
- [nyiso.com](https://www.nyiso.com/documents/20142/44474211/2024-NYCA-Generators.xlsx/41a5cba2-523a-9fe0-9830-a523839a2831) — nyiso.com · tier authoritative
- [power-eng.com](https://www.power-eng.com/onsite-power/cogeneration/case-study-a-second-life-for-recycled-equipment-at-red-rochesters-new-cogeneration-facility/) — power-eng.com · tier public_source
- [seitplc.com](https://www.seitplc.com/acquisition-of-a-us-commercial-district-energy-system/) — seitplc.com · tier public_source

## Data quality

- The 2017 modernization retired coal-fired operations and converted them to natural gas; it did not retire the entire Eastman Business Park utility system. RED-Rochester continues to operate the plant as a tri-generation (electricity, steam, refrigeration) facility. The 38 MW GE Frame 6B gas turbine is a refurbished, relocated unit (originally built 1990, decommissioned 2021, salvaged February 2022) that was paired with a new HRSG. It was integrated into the existing steam and electrical generation facility as an addition, not a replacement of the core steam-turbine cogeneration system. RED's existing project debt facilities of approximately $83 million remained in place post-acquisition. The exact commercial-operation date of the 38 MW cogeneration unit is not explicitly stated in available sources; RED's official page describes it as completed, and a case study and news page reference the facility as recently completed. Engineering and construction for the coal-to-natural-gas modernization began October 2016 and was fully transitioned March 2018. NYISO classifies RED-Rochester as a behind-the-meter net-generation resource; it supplies the Eastman Business Park district-energy microgrid with backup public-utility interconnections at RGE substations 412 and 403. The 41 MW of RGE interconnection capacity is distinct from the 117 MW plant nameplate and 16.5 MW summer/winter DMNC capability reported by NYISO. The document references both steam turbine technology and combustion turbine technology (GE Frame 6B). The primary generation fleet consists of six steam turbines (117 MW); the 38 MW combustion turbine is a distinct cogeneration addition paired with a new HRSG. The candidate research does not supply an exact commercial-operation date for turbine-generator T/G 75 (2 MW, converted from refrigeration in Building 332, operational 2015). Other turbines date to 1964–1986. The three RGE interconnection points (substation 412 at 34 kV and substation 403 at 11.5 kV) represent the grid-interconnection nodes; the plant generates at 13.8 kV internally and distributes to customers at nominal 480 volts.
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