School Street
Hydro power plant · Albany County, New York
Nameplate capacity
39 MW
Rank in New York
#120
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2015
January 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP
- County
- Albany County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #9 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 2605
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 11 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.2 MW | 7.5 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.2 MW | 5.9 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.2 MW | 6.1 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.2 MW | 6.6 MW | 2022 | 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
| Cornell University Central Heat | Natural gas | 40 MW |
| Onondaga County Resource Recovery | Other | 40 MW |
| Stewarts Bridge | Hydro | 39 MW |
| Dutch Hill Wind Project | Wind | 38 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 39 MW solar plant and a 39 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