SPIER FALLS

How SPIER FALLS compares

With 56 MW of capacity, SPIER FALLS ranks 85th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 6th of the 153 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.0% of New York's operating Hydro capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 264th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1924, it is older than 85% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERS, runs 69 operating plants in New York totaling 706 MW. It shares Saratoga County with 16 other operating plants, including INDECK CORINTH ENERGY CENTER and CURTIS PALMER HYDROELECTRIC.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 56 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 186 GWh in 2024 (a 38% capacity factor), up 1% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1924 and 1930.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 21 operating power plants totaling 480 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is INDECK CORINTH ENERGY CENTER (147 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, INOC Albany (80 State St) in Albany, about 40.4 miles away.

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