It is a natural gas and conventional oil electric power generating station located on the North Shore of Long Island in Fort Salonga, New York.

[1] The facility was built by the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) in stages between 1967 and 1977,[2] and since August 2007 it has been owned and operated by National Grid USA.

[7] The four enormous smoke stacks are a defining landmark of Northport and can be seen from up to 36 miles away atop East Rock in New Haven, Connecticut, across the Long Island Sound.

[12] The Northport Electric Light Company was established in 1893, and its original plant began operating in 1895 at the waterfront near the foot of Main Street.

At the same time, the longest underwater electric transmission line in the United States was built under Long Island Sound to Norwalk, Connecticut.

[22] As a result of pollution and health concerns, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer and Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper have been[when?]

The judges ruled that LIPA did not have the right to be a plaintiff in the case because the building was owned by National Grid, affirmative to a later 2015 New York Supreme Court appeal, which had the same outcome.

LIPA continued the legal battle however, and the Town of Huntington attorney Nicholas Ciappetta agreed resolve the dispute through mediation to begin a trial.

[27][28] In September 2020, a settlement was reached, with the Town Council voting 4-1 for reduced taxes and the Northport School District Board of Education accepting it.