Power plant · New York, United States
West Babylon Power Plant
West Babylon Power Plant is an idle power plant in New York, United States, with 52.4 MW of capacity, owned by National Grid Generation LLC.
Grid connection
It is idle (standby or backup), holding a 52 MW grid connection at 69 kV to the grid of Long Island Power Authority.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | New York | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (standby or backup) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1971 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | National Grid Generation LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | National Grid Generation LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52.4 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Petroleum Liquids | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Long Island Power Authority | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 69 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.6955, -73.3486 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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West Babylon is the 32nd-largest of 32 power plants in New York and the 1,006th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 52.4 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 32nd of 32 | 29,619 MW | 0.18% |
| United States | 1,006th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,580th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K P Edwards Materials | Mine | — | Closed | 9.8 km |
| Cable & Wireless Cable Landing Station | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| amnet Data Center | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| CyrusOne data center, Norwalk | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
More from National Grid Generation LLC
- Northport1,564 MW
- E F Barrett669 MW
- Holtsville567 MW
- Port Jefferson498 MW
Other power plants in New York
- Robert Moses Niagara2,429 MW
- Ravenswood2,096 MW
- Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station1,901 MW
- Oswego Harbor Power1,804 MW
- Northport1,564 MW
- Cricket Valley Energy1,313 MW
- Bowline Point1,242 MW
- Roseton Generating Facility1,242 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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