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New York power
Produced 1,763.1 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 180,000 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Richmond County
Richmond County has a population of 490,687. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 100,230 cases in the county.
The county received a grade of D for ozone pollution. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of B.
Federal monitoring recorded 238 days of good air quality and 75 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
Of New York’s 100 natural gas plants, Arthur Kill Generating Station on Staten Island ranks #16 by electricity produced in 2024. It has been operating since 1959, and it draws cooling water from the Arthur Kill, the tidal waterway beside it.
In 2024 it generated 1,763.1 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a billion watt-hours, a way of counting electricity over time. That is enough for about 180,000 homes. Its capacity, the most it could produce at once, is 895.5 MW (megawatts, a measure of power at a single moment). It runs combustion turbines, which burn gas to spin a turbine directly, and steam turbines, which use heat to make steam that spins one.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 896 megawatts of electricity at once, across 3 generating units. In 2024 it produced 1,763.1 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 22% 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
Staten Island offers harbor views from the Staten Island Ferry, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center is a well-known place for gardens and the arts. The wooded trails of the Staten Island Greenbelt give residents and visitors a quiet stretch of green space.
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.
