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New York power
Produced 573.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 57,000 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Nassau County
Nassau County has a population of 1,381,715. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 287,550 cases in the county.
Federal monitoring recorded 1 days of good air quality and 0 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
New York has 100 natural gas plants in this category, and the Bethpage Power Plant in Hicksville ranks #21 of 100 by 2024 electricity produced. It started operating in 1989 and uses a combined cycle design (a setup that captures leftover heat from one turbine to run a second one). In 2024 it produced 573.5 gigawatt-hours, which is about 57,000 homes’ worth of electricity for a year.
The plant can generate up to 239.6 MW (megawatts, a measure of how much power it can supply at one moment) from six generators, and it draws water from wells. Calpine Eastern Corp owns it, and the electricity feeds the grid serving PSEG Long Island customers.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 240 megawatts of electricity at once, across 6 generating units. In 2024 it produced 573.5 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 27% 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
Hicksville sits in the middle of Nassau County, a short drive from the Atlantic shore, where Jones Beach State Park and the city of Long Beach draw plenty of visitors. Closer to home, Old Westbury Gardens and Hofstra University are also in the county.
Local school district
Bethpage 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.
