Hudson Falls Hydroelectric Project
Hydro power plant · Saratoga County, New York
Nameplate capacity
44 MW
Rank in New York
#113
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1995
November 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Boralex Hydro Operations Inc
- County
- Saratoga County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #7 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 54953
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 22 MW | 22 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 22 MW | 22 MW | 1995 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in New York
| Stony Brook Cogen Plant | Natural gas | 47 MW |
| Hillburn | Natural gas | 47 MW |
| Rochester 5 | Hydro | 44 MW |
| Riverbay | Natural gas | 44 MW |
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 44 MW solar plant and a 44 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