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Beardslee

Hydro power plant · Herkimer County, New York

Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in New York
#153
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2024
January 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
County
Herkimer County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#22 of 165
EIA plant code
2543

Generating units

Individual generating units at Beardslee
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric10 MW8.5 MW2024Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric10 MW8.1 MW2024Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 20 MW solar plant and a 20 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All New York power plants · What New York actually generates