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E J West

Hydro power plant · Saratoga County, New York

Nameplate capacity
22 MW
Rank in New York
#148
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1930
January 1930

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
County
Saratoga County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#19 of 165
EIA plant code
6527

Generating units

Individual generating units at E J West
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW10 MW1930Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW10 MW1930Operating

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 22 MW solar plant and a 22 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