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New York power
Produced 1.3 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 130 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Genesee County
Genesee County has a population of 57,529. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 12,203 cases in the county.
No ozone or particle pollution grades are available for this county in the most recent report. The figures above describe how many residents live with conditions sensitive to air quality — not measured pollution levels.
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 US Gypsum Oakfield plant ranks #92 by electricity produced in 2024, placing it among the state’s smaller gas producers. It sits at 2750 Maple Avenue in Oakfield, Genesee County, and has been running since 1986.
It uses a natural gas fired combustion turbine, which is an engine that burns gas to spin a shaft that drives a generator. With a capacity of 5.8 MW (a measure of the most power it can deliver at one moment), it made about 1.3 gigawatt-hours in 2024, a unit of energy that works out to about 130 homes’ yearly use.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 6 megawatts of electricity at once, across 1 generating unit. In 2024 it produced 1.3 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 3% 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
Oakfield sits in Genesee County, part of western New York farm country. The city of Batavia is nearby, roughly midway between Buffalo and Rochester, and the Darien Lake amusement park is also close by.
Local school district
Oakfield-Alabama Central 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.
