Caithness Long Island Energy Center's 350 MW combined-cycle generating facility will be the first major baseload power plant to be built on Long Island in over thirty years. Because of the significant advances that have been made in power plant technology, it will be the cleanest, most efficient, most water conserving, and most reliable baseload powerplant on Long Island.

KEY ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS

	The plant will incorporate advanced gas turbine combustion technology and air emission control systems which greatly reduce emissions of key air quality substances as compared to the older baseload plants on Long Island.
	Combined-cycle generation systems recycle heat that would otherwise have been lost up the stack and instead use it to generate more power, making the process very efficient in the use of fuel. As a result, fuel consumption is reduced by about one-third, fuel costs are substantially lower, and air emissions and the production of greenhouse gases are greatly reduced.
	Air-cooled steam condensers will be employed to reduce water consumption by up to 90 percent compared to the more commonly used evaporative cooling systems.
	The primary fuel is natural gas with liquid fuel used as a backup for up to thirty days when natural gas availability is limited during the cold winter months.

BUFFERED FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS

The project will be centrally-located within an industrial area in the Town of Brookhaven . The site is surrounded by industrial properties in every direction. There are less than half a dozen residences within a three-quarter mile radius of the project site, far less than for any other baseload power project on Long Island.

LOCATED IN AREA DESIGNATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The project is located within the Brookhaven Empire Zone, an area specifically designated by the state and Town for industrial development.