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Prospect

Hydro power plant · Oneida County, New York

Nameplate capacity
19 MW
Rank in New York
#169
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1959
January 1959

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
County
Oneida County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#23 of 165
EIA plant code
2599

Generating units

Individual generating units at Prospect
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric19 MW18 MW1959Operating

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 19 MW solar plant and a 19 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