The Caithness Long Island Energy Center commenced commercial operations of its 350 megawatt natural gas fired power generating facility on August 1, 2009 and is now providing clean, reliable energy to Long Island Power Authority’s customers. Having broken ground in April 2007, the Caithness Long Island Energy Center is the first major baseload power plant to be constructed on Long Island in over thirty years.

 

Located in an industrially zoned section of Yaphank, in the Town of Brookhaven, the Caithness Long Island Energy Center represents a new class of clean burning, efficient power generation to meet the demand for electricity on Long Island. The combined-cycle generating station is much more efficient and produces significantly less emissions than the older plants presently in use on Long Island.