Power Plants 📍

This always was an odd plant is how it was connected to NYSEG' grid. Essentially the output of the plant was connected to NYPA's Niagara - Edic line. The electricity was transfered to the Pennsylvania grid which in turn back feed it to the massive coal fired plant in Homer City outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which in turn has a 345 kV line that runs from Homer City Pennsylvania to Elmira which powers a lot of the NYSEG electric grid.

But all and all, it's actually a pretty modern coal plant with good scrubbers but uneconomic to operate with the low cost of natural gas and the high cost of the fees associated with moving the energy such a crazy way.

The New York Power Authority is moving to isolate 85 critical employees at power plant and control room sites across the state to ensure the lights stay on, CEO Gil Quiniones told POLITICO.

The NYPA employees have been tested for the coronavirus and are all expected to be isolated, if they come back negative, by Saturday. The unprecedented step amid the growing health crisis in New York City and across the country reflects NYPA’s importance to the state’s electric system.