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Rochester 2

Hydro power plant · Monroe County, New York · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in New York
#236
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1960
August 1960

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
County
Monroe County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among hydro plants in New York
#48 of 165
EIA plant code
2639

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rochester 2
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric8.5 MW8.5 MW1960Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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