Lower Beaver Falls Project
Hydro power plant · Lewis County, New York
Nameplate capacity
1.0 MW
Rank in New York
#1137
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1979
December 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Lewis County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #162 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 54691
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2G | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 3G | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1979 | Operating |
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 1.0 MW solar plant and a 1.0 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