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New York power
Produced 5,674.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 570,000 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Dutchess County
Dutchess County has a population of 297,150. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 62,789 cases in the county.
Federal monitoring recorded 252 days of good air quality and 17 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 3 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
Out of 100 natural gas plants in New York, Cricket Valley Energy in Dover ranks second for how much electricity it produced in 2024, and sixth among all 908 power plants reporting in the state.
It began operating in 2020. Its 2024 output was 5,674.5 gigawatt-hours, which is a way of counting large amounts of electricity, and that’s enough to power about 570,000 homes. It runs on a natural gas fired combined cycle design, meaning it captures leftover heat from burning gas to make extra power. Its capacity is 1,312.5 MW, the most it can produce at once, spread across 6 generators. For cooling, it uses a dry cooling system, which relies on air rather than water.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 1,312 megawatts of electricity at once, across 6 generating units. In 2024 it produced 5,674.5 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 49% 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
Dover sits in Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley, near the Connecticut border. The region is known for rolling countryside, small towns, and hiking, and Poughkeepsie and the Hudson River are a drive to the west.
Local school district
Dover 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.
