High Falls - Saranac NY
Hydro power plant · Clinton County, New York · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- New York State Elec & Gas Corp
- County
- Clinton County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #30 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 2530
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.0 MW | 7.0 MW | 1956 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1948 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1949 | Out of service and NOT 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 15 MW solar plant and a 15 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