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Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station

Nuclear power plant · Oswego County, New York

Nameplate capacity
1,901 MW
Rank in New York
#3
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1969
December 1969

Details

Primary fuel
Nuclear
Technology
Nuclear
Operator
Constellation Nuclear
County
Oswego County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
4.25%
Rank among nuclear plants in New York
#1 of 3
EIA plant code
2589

Generating units

Individual generating units at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Nuclear1,259 MW1,275 MW1987Operating
1Nuclear642 MW621 MW1969Operating

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 1,901 MW solar plant and a 1,901 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