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New York power
Produced 0.4 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 41 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Queens County
Queens County has a population of 2,252,196. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 467,489 cases in the county.
No ozone grade is available for the county in the most recent report. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of F.
Federal monitoring recorded 209 days of good air quality and 102 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 5 days rated unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to certain health conditions, particularly for children and older adults. Where electricity comes from affects how much combustion pollution is produced on the grid.
These figures describe the county as a whole and are not specific to this facility. Sources: American Lung Association – State of the Air (New York); U.S. EPA Air Quality Index.
The story behind this New York power plant
New York has 46 oil-fired plants in this category, and the NY Times Daily Production Facility in Flushing, Queens ranks #11 of 46 by 2024 electricity produced. It runs on distillate fuel oil, a light liquid petroleum fuel, and uses petroleum liquids technology, meaning engines that burn that liquid fuel to turn generators. It has been operating since 2005 and has 6 generators.
The plant is rated at 12.0 MW, a measure of the most power it can deliver at one moment, and it produced 409 MWh in 2024. That is 0.4 gigawatt-hours, a unit of electricity over time, or about 41 homes’ yearly use. It serves the Con Edison service area, the local utility.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 12 megawatts of electricity at once, across 6 generating units. In 2024 it produced 0.4 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 0% of what it could have produced running flat out all year — the pattern of a plant that runs only during periods of high demand.
Nearby places worth exploring
Flushing sits close to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home to Citi Field and the US Open tennis center. Elsewhere in Queens, Rockaway Beach and the Astoria waterfront are well-known borough destinations.
Local school district
New York City Department Of Education
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* Homes-powered and emissions comparisons are annual estimates based on national averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Homes powered” describes a quantity of electricity, not direct service to specific households. How we calculate this.
