Our Facilities

The Power Authority is one of  New York State's leading suppliers of electricity, operating 18 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines.

Our Hydropower Facilities

St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Power Project
Location: Massena, on the
  St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence County
Net Dependable Capability: 800,000 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: July 1958

Niagara Power Project
Location: Lewiston,
  on the Niagara River, Niagara County
Net Dependable Capability:
2,400,000 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: January 1961

Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage
Power Project
Location: Blenheim and Gilboa,
  southwest of Albany, Schoharie County
Net Dependable Capability:
  1,040,000 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: July 1973

Small Hydro Projects:
Ashokan Project, Ulster County
Crescent Plant, Albany
   and Saratoga Counties
Gregory B. Jarvis Plant, Oneida County
Kensico Project, Westchester County
Vischer Ferry Plant, Saratoga and
Schenectady Counties

Our Fossil-Fueled Facilities

Charles Poletti Power Project
Location: New York City, on the East River
Net Dependable Capability: 885,000 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: March 1977

Richard M. Flynn Power Plant
Location: Holtsville, Suffolk County
Net Dependable Capability:
   135,600 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: May 1994

PowerNow! Small Power Plants
Locations: New York City (6);
Brentwood, Long Island (1)
First Commercial Power: Summer 2001

500 MW Combined-Cycle Power Plant
Location: New York City, on the East River
Net Dependable Capability: 500,000 kilowatts
First Commercial Power: December 2005

Our energy control facility:
Frederick R. Clark Energy Center
Location: Marcy, north of Utica,
   Oneida County
Opened: June 1980

Our principal office:
30 South Pearl Street, Albany, N.Y.,12207-3425

Other offices:
123 Main Street, White Plains, N.Y., 10601-3170

Corporate switchboard:
(914) 681-6200

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