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Seneca Energy

Other power plant · Seneca County, New York

Nameplate capacity

18 MW

Rank in New York

#173

of 1,152 plants

In service since

1996

March 1996

Details

Primary fuel: Other
Technology: Landfill Gas
Operator: Seneca Energy II
County: Seneca County
Generating units: 18
Share of state capacity: 0.04%
Rank among other plants in New York: #20 of 99
EIA plant code: 54782

Generating units

Individual generating units at Seneca Energy
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
GE15	Landfill Gas	1.6 MW	1.6 MW	2007	Operating
GE16	Landfill Gas	1.6 MW	1.6 MW	2007	Operating
GE17	Landfill Gas	1.6 MW	1.6 MW	2007	Operating
GE18	Landfill Gas	1.6 MW	1.6 MW	2007	Operating
GE10	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GE11	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GE12	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GE13	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GE14	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GEN1	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1996	Operating
GEN2	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1996	Operating
GEN3	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1996	Operating
GEN4	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1996	Operating
GEN5	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1996	Operating
GEN6	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1997	Operating
GEN7	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1997	Operating
GEN8	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	Operating
GEN9	Landfill Gas	0.8 MW	0.8 MW	1998	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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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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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