LEWISTON NIAGARA

How LEWISTON NIAGARA compares

With 240 MW of capacity, LEWISTON NIAGARA ranks 33rd among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 4th of the 153 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.1% of New York's operating Hydro capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 77th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1961, it is older than 65% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, runs 19 operating plants in New York totaling 5,870 MW. It shares Niagara County with 7 other operating plants, including ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA and LOCKPORT ENERGY ASSOCIATES LP.

EIA-860 lists 12 generators at the site with 240 MW of nameplate capacity, all hydroelectric pumped storage technology. The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-238 GWh), which is typical of pumped storage. Its generators came online between 1961 and 1962.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NIAGARA (345 kV), about 0.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 2,866 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA (2,429 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, ixColo in Buffalo, about 19.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology