The Richard M. Flynn Power Plant is a
power plant
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Many pow ...
in
Holtsville, in
Suffolk County, on
Long Island
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, in
New York
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, United States. It is operated by the
New York Power Authority
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), officially the Power Authority of the State of New York, is a New York State public-benefit corporation. It is the largest state public power utility in the United States. NYPA provides some of the lowest-co ...
(NYPA).
Overview
The power plant is a
combined cycle power plant containing a Siemens V84.2
gas turbine.
It has a
nameplate capacity of 164 MW and is operated by the New York Power Authority.
It is the ninth largest power generation facility on
Long Island
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by nameplate capacity, and the fifth largest in net energy generated with 564.0
GWh
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bil ...
generated in 2020.
The electricity generated at the plant is distributed across Long Island via the
Long Island Power Authority
Long Island Power Authority (LIPA, "lie-pah") is a municipal subdivision of the State of New York that owns the electric transmission and electric distribution system serving all of Long Island and a portion of New York City known as the Rocka ...
's
electrical transmission network.
The plant is named after Richard M. Flynn, who had served as a chairman of the New York Power Authority.
History
The plant was the result of a rule change in New York State that required investor-owned utilities to competitively solicit bids on new power generation to lower costs. In 1990, the
Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) requested bids to provide 150 MW of power that would be available by 1994, the second such competition in New York. The
New York Power Authority
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), officially the Power Authority of the State of New York, is a New York State public-benefit corporation. It is the largest state public power utility in the United States. NYPA provides some of the lowest-co ...
emerged as the winner in part due to its advance purchase of the natural gas to run the plant.
Its approval was delayed to examine a competing proposal to convert the built but unused
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant was a completed General Electric nuclear boiling water reactor located adjacent to Long Island Sound in East Shoreham, New York.
The plant was built between 1973 and 1984 by the Long Island Lighting Company (LILC ...
into a natural gas plant. The NYPA plant was built on LILCO property in
Holtsville adjacent to an existing gas turbine facility. It began operating on schedule in May 1994 and was the first plant completed under the competitive bidding system.
See also
*
List of power stations in New York
References
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Buildings and structures in Suffolk County, New York
Energy infrastructure on Long Island, New York