Arthur Kill Generating Station Summary: Arthur Kill Generating Station is an 842-megawatt natural gas fired steam electric generating facility sited along Arthur Kill on Staten Island. The power station has two steam generating units that became operational in 1959 (ST 2) and 1969 (ST 3).
Arthur Kill Generating Station employs a once-through cooling system that is responsible for entraining 1.5 billion fish eggs and larvae each year, and impinging another 4 million adult and juvenile fish.
Megawatts
Water Withdrawn (million gallons/day)
Entrainment (annual)
Impingement (annual)
842
713
1,548,314,607
4,406,742
Permitting Status: Arthur Kill Generating Station's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit was renewed in July 2011, effective from December 1, 2011 through November 30, 2016.
Astoria Generating Station is a 1,290-megawatt natural gas fired steam electric generating facility sited along the East River in Queens. The power station has four steam generating units which became operational in 1958, 1961, 1962 and 2001.
Astoria Generating Station employs a once-through cooling system that is responsible for entraining nearly 630 million fish eggs and larvae each year, and impinging another 3 million adult and juvenile fish.
Megawatts
Water Withdrawn (million gallons/day)
Entrainment (annual)
Impingement (annual)
1,290
1,254
629,832,154
2,916,328
Permitting Status: Astoria Generating Station's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit will expire on February 29, 2012.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Summary: The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a 286-megawatt natural gas fired cogeneration facility located along the East River in Brooklyn. The facility, which became operational in 1996, provides power to the Consolidated Edison grid and steam to Consolidated Edison's steam heat system in Manhattan.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard facility employs a once-through cooling system that is responsible for entraining 39 million fish eggs and larvae each year.
Megawatts
Water Withdrawn (million gallons/day)
Entrainment (annual)
Impingement (annual)
286
55
38,998,201
0
Permitting Status: The Brooklyn Navy Yard cogeneration facility's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit will expire on August 31, 2013.
East River Generating Station Summary: The East River Generating Station is a 317-megawatt oil and natural gas fired facility sited along the East River in Manhattan. The power station has two steam generating units that became operational in 1951 (Unit 6) and 1955 (Unit 7).
The East River station uses a once-through cooling system that is responsible for entraining 1.3 billion fish eggs and larvae each year, and impinging another 1.5 million adult and juvenile fish.
Megawatts
Water Withdrawn (million gallons/day)
Entrainment (annual)
Impingement (annual)
317
369
1,342,191,677
1,500,873
Permitting Status: A draft modification to the East River Generating Station's current State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit was issued by DEC in December, 2009. The modification would require the generating station to install screens, fine mesh panels and a fish return system by the time the facility's SPDES permit expires on August 31, 2012. The draft permit modification did not call for closed cycle cooling.
Ravenswood Generating Station Summary: Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,410-megawatt natural gas and oil fired facility sited along the East River in Queens. The facility has three steam generating units built in 1963 and 1965.
The Ravenswood station uses a once-through cooling system that is responsible for entraining 200 million fish eggs and larvae each year, and impinging another 82 thousand adult and juvenile fish.
Megawatts
Water Withdrawn (million gallons/day)
Entrainment (annual)
Impingement (annual)
2,410
1,391
199,000,000
82,303
Permitting Status: Ravenswood Generating Station's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit will expire on April 30, 2012.
Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,410-megawatt natural gas and oil fired facility sited along the East River in Queens. The facility has three steam generating units built in 1963 and 1965.
