Nameplate capacity
8.1 MW
Rank in New York
#242
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2024
August 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Watertown - (NY)
- County
- Jefferson County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in New York
- #50 of 165
- EIA plant code
- 2700
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.7 MW | 2.1 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.7 MW | 2.1 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.7 MW | 2.1 MW | 2024 | 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
| Pyrites Plant | Hydro | 8.2 MW |
| HVCC Cogen Plant | Other | 8.1 MW |
| Finchville Solar, LLC Hybrid CSG | Solar | 8.0 MW |
| Gabby Giffords Clean Energy, LLC | Battery storage | 8.0 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 8.1 MW solar plant and a 8.1 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