Saranac Facility
Natural gas power plant · Clinton County, New York
Nameplate capacity
286 MW
Rank in New York
#34
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1994
June 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Saranac Power Partners LP
- County
- Clinton County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.64%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New York
- #24 of 103
- EIA plant code
- 54574
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | 81 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | 72 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 95 MW | 85 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.
Similarly sized plants in New York
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration | Natural gas | 322 MW |
| Maple Ridge Wind Farm | Wind | 321 MW |
| Lewiston Niagara | Hydro | 240 MW |
| Bethpage Power Plant | Natural gas | 240 MW |
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 286 MW solar plant and a 286 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