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Diamond Island Plant

Hydro power plant · Jefferson County, New York

Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in New York
#1105
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2014
January 2014

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
County
Jefferson County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#154 of 165
EIA plant code
10540

Generating units

Individual generating units at Diamond Island Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2014Operating
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2014Operating
GEN3Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2014Operating

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 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 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