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EIA plant 2562

Colton · St Lawrence · NY

Five Falls

Operated by Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP

Annual generation107,115 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextNew York Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Five Falls?

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44.527491, -74.849177

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric24 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

113,579
211,481
312,263
413,497
56,828
65,447
714,424
810,379
96,627
103,688
11732
128,170

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
113,579
211,481
312,263
413,497
56,828
65,447
714,424
810,379
96,627
103,688
11732
128,170

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
113,579 MWh
211,481 MWh
312,263 MWh
413,497 MWh
56,828 MWh
65,447 MWh
714,424 MWh
810,379 MWh
96,627 MWh
103,688 MWh
11732 MWh
128,170 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT24OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
2562
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Raquette River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (14,424 MWh) and 11 the lowest (732 MWh). Their difference is 13,692 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric24.022.423.51.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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