Brookfield Power Glen Falls Hydro
Hydro power plant · Warren County, New York
Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in New York
#202
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1944
January 1944
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
- County
- Warren County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #38 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 56936
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.8 MW | 2.7 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.3 MW | 1944 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.3 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.2 MW | 2.1 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.0 MW | 1.9 MW | 1957 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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