New York Nuclear Profile 2010 New York profile
| Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 5,271 | 13.4 | 41,870 | 30.6 |
| Coal | 2,781 | 7.1 | 13,583 | 9.9 |
| Hydro and Pumped Storage | 5,714 | 14.5 | 24,942 | 18.2 |
| Natural Gas | 17,407 | 44.2 | 48,916 | 35.7 |
| Other 1 | 45 | 0.1 | 832 | 0.6 |
| Other Renewable1 | 1,719 | 4.4 | 4,815 | 3.5 |
| Petroleum | 6,421 | 16.3 | 2,005 | 1.5 |
| Total | 39,357 | 100.0 | 136,962 | 100.0 |
| 1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
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Plants in State
Operator: Entergy Nuclear Operations
Location and Service Territory: The FitzPatrick plant was built by the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation near Oswego, New York. The 900-acre site is also the location of two other General Electric boiling water reactors: Nine Mile Point units 1 and 2. The plants share a common visitor center.
Construction Cost: $1.065 billion (2007 USD)2
Staffing: There are about 650 employees at this facility.
Reactor Descriptions: FitzPatrick has a single, General Electric Type 4, boiling water reactor.
Cooling System: Lake Ontario supplies the cooling water for the condenser of both FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point unit 1. FitzPatrick uses a once-through cooling system.
Operator: R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC
Location and Service Territory: The Ginna nuclear plant is located on Lake Ontario, east of Rochester, New York.
Construction Cost: $346.15 million (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: The Ginna reactor is a Westinghouse two-loop pressurized water reactor.
Cooling System: Cooling water is drawn from Lake Ontario through a submerged offshore intake at a rate of approximately 354,600 gallons per minute. It then exits through a discharge canal in a once-through system.
Operator: Entergy Nuclear Operations
Location and Service Territory: Indian Point is located on a 239-acre site on the east bank of the Hudson River in Buchanan, Westchester County, New York.
Construction Cost: $2.450 billion (2007 USD)2
Staffing: Indian Point Energy Center employs approximately 1,100 workers.
Reactor Descriptions: Both units are Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors.
Cooling System: The plant relies on a once-through cooling system using water from the Hudson River.
Operator: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC
Location and Service Territory: The Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station is near Syracuse, New York. It is located on a 900-acre site that is shared by the FitzPatrick nuclear plant.
Construction Cost: $804.7 million (2007 USD), Unit 2: 8.529 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: Both of the units are General Electric boiling water reactors; however, unit 1 is a Type 2 whereas unit 2 is a Type 5.
Cooling System: The cooling system draws water from Lake Ontario. Unit 2 relies on a natural draft cooling tower that is 543 feet high.
2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.