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New York power
Produced 0.7 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 71 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 NYPH-Queens, in Flushing, ranks #9 of 46 by electricity produced in 2024. It runs on distillate fuel oil (a light, refined petroleum fuel) and began operating in 2000.
Its five generators have a combined capacity of 4.5 MW (megawatts, a measure of how much power a plant can produce at one moment). In 2024 it produced 0.7 gigawatt-hours (a unit of electricity over time), about 71 homes’ worth of electricity for the year. Its technology is listed as petroleum liquids, meaning engines that burn liquid fuel.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 4 megawatts of electricity at once, across 5 generating units. In 2024 it produced 0.7 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 2% 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 in the heart of Queens, close to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home to Citi Field and the US Open tennis center. Rockaway Beach and the Astoria waterfront are also 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.
