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EIA plant 58679

Newton Falls · St Lawrence · NY

Upper Newton Falls

Operated by Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP

Annual generation6,371 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 Upper Newton Falls?

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44.214444, -74.991389

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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 Hydroelectric1.5 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.

1881
2300
3792
4555
5237
6421
7808
8576
9228
10143
11464
12966

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
1881
2300
3792
4555
5237
6421
7808
8576
9228
10143
11464
12966

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1881 MWh
2300 MWh
3792 MWh
4555 MWh
5237 MWh
6421 MWh
7808 MWh
8576 MWh
9228 MWh
10143 MWh
11464 MWh
12966 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.6OP
3Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.6OP
4Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.3OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
58679
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Oswegatchie River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 12 has the highest recorded value (966 MWh) and 10 the lowest (143 MWh). Their difference is 823 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 3 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 0.3 (4) to 0.6 (2, 3). The difference is 0.3 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.60.60.50.3
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.60.60.50.3
4Conventional Hydroelectric0.30.20.20.2

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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