Oswego 📍

Oswego /ɒsˈwiːɡoʊ/ is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as “The Port City of Central New York”. It is the county seat of Oswego County. The city of Oswego is bordered by the towns of Oswego, Minetto, and Scriba to the west, south, and east, respectively, and by Lake Ontario to the north.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswego,_New_York

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Fulton

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Fulton is a small city along the banks of the Oswego River north of Syracuse, with hills to the east and swamps to the west.

Fulton

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Sithe Independence Station

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Sithe Independence Station is the state's largest natural gas plant for total output. Built in rural Oswego County, between the James Fitzpatrick - Nine Mile Point, it output 4,780,069 megawatts in 2019, sixth highest in state (only the large hydro-electric dams on the Niagara River, St. Lawrence River, Indian Point and those two nuclear plants up the road exceeded it's output).
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Oswego Harbor Oil Power Plant

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The big oil-fired power plant that looms high over the Oswego skyline closed in 2016. It received millions in state subsidies but was decided to be no longer to operate.

Type: Oil Power Plant
Area: New York
Kind of Fuel: Residual Fuel Oil, Natural Gas
Power Capacity: 1,804 MW (2 x 902 MW)
Owner: Oswego Harbor Power LLC
Shareholders: NRG Energy Inc
Activity since: 1948

More Information:
https://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/08/empire_zone_case_study_ny_taxpayers_paid_190m_for_power_plants_that_later_closed.html
https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/873-usa/fossil-fuels-energy/10509-oswego-harbor-oil-power-plant

 
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