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New York power
Produced 10.0 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 1,000 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Oneida County
Oneida County has a population of 227,555. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 47,467 cases in the county.
Federal monitoring recorded 211 days of good air quality and 50 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 0 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
Of the 100 natural gas plants in New York, the Burrstone Energy Center in New Hartford ranks #83 by the electricity it produced in 2024. It runs on four natural gas internal combustion engines, which work much like a car engine, burning fuel inside cylinders to spin a generator. It began operating in 2009.
Its capacity is 3.6 MW, a megawatt being a measure of the most power a plant can deliver at one moment. Over 2024 it produced 10.0 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a large unit of electricity over time, roughly enough for about 1,000 homes.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 4 megawatts of electricity at once, across 4 generating units. In 2024 it produced 10.0 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 32% of what it could have produced running flat out all year — the pattern of a plant that runs through much of the year.
Nearby places worth exploring
New Hartford sits in the Mohawk Valley, close to Utica and Rome. Rome is home to Fort Stanwix National Monument and the Erie Canal, and the eastern shore of Oneida Lake touches the county.
Local school district
New York Mills Union Free School District
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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.
