Upper Mechanicville
Hydro power plant · Saratoga County, New York
Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in New York
#177
of 1,152 plants
In service since
1983
September 1983
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- New York State Elec & Gas Corp
- County
- Saratoga County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #25 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 625
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.2 MW | 9.2 MW | 1983 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.2 MW | 9.2 MW | 1983 | Out 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.
Similarly sized plants in New York
| 59th Street | Natural gas | 17 MW |
| Reworld Babylon Inc | Other | 17 MW |
| Marsh Hill Wind Farm | Wind | 16 MW |
| Browns Falls | Hydro | 16 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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