Onondaga County Resource Recovery
Other power plant · Onondaga County, New York
Nameplate capacity
40 MW
Rank in New York
#119
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1994
November 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Covanta Onondega LP
- County
- Onondaga County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among other plants in New York
- #14 of 99
- EIA plant code
- 50662
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 40 MW | 30 MW | 1994 | 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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| Shoemaker | Natural gas | 42 MW |
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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 40 MW solar plant and a 40 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