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New York State Dam Hydro

Hydro power plant · Saratoga County, New York

Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in New York
#207
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1990
November 1990

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Boralex Hydro Operations Inc
County
Saratoga County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#41 of 165
EIA plant code
10221

Generating units

Individual generating units at New York State Dam Hydro
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric5.7 MW5.7 MW1990Operating
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric5.7 MW5.7 MW1990Operating

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 11 MW solar plant and a 11 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