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New York power
Produced 0.4 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 41 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Greene County
Greene County has a population of 47,062. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 10,629 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 New York’s 100 natural gas plants, the Coxsackie plant in Greene County ranks #97 by 2024 electricity produced, making it one of the smaller operations in its group. It’s owned by Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and has run since 1969.
It uses a natural gas fired combustion turbine, which is essentially a jet-engine-style machine that burns fuel to spin a generator. Its capacity is 21.3 MW, a megawatt being the measure of how much power a plant can deliver at once. In 2024 it produced 0.4 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a large unit of electricity, equal to about 41 homes’ yearly use.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 21 megawatts of electricity at once, across 1 generating unit. In 2024 it produced 0.4 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 0% 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
Coxsackie sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, with the river villages of Catskill and Athens close by. To the west, the northern Catskills rise up, home to Hunter Mountain and Windham Mountain ski resorts and the well-known Kaaterskill Falls.
Local school district
Coxsackie-Athens 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.
