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Power plants in Erie County, New York

31 operating power plants in Erie County, New York, with 212 MW of nameplate capacity, largest first. From EIA-860M, August 2026.

Plants

31

Nameplate capacity

212 MW

Net generation, 2025

316 GWh

30 of 31 plants reported

Largest

Indeck Yerkes Energy Center

60 MW

Largest power plants in Erie County

#PlantMW2025 net generation, GWhGWh, 2025Capacity factorOperator
1Indeck Yerkes Energy CenterNatural gas6062.812.0%Indeck-Yerkes Ltd Partnership
2Steel Winds Wind FarmWind2062.235.5%Evergreen Wind, LLC
3NY6 BatteryBattery storage20−4.6–Key Capture Energy
4Steel Winds IIWind1544.533.9%Evergreen Wind, LLC
5Chaffee Gas RecoveryLandfill gas6.437.466.6%WM Renewable Energy LLC
6Corning Riverview (CSG)Solar5.07.417.0%CleanCapital Holdings
7Main Rd Community SolarSolar5.08.018.2%AES Distributed Energy
8DOCCS WendeSolar5.07.717.6%DOCCS Wende
9Millersport GM 1Solar5.07.617.3%Altus Power America Management, LLC
10Amherst Community SolarSolar5.07.316.6%Amherst Community Solar LLC
11NY Grand Island 871 Whitehaven Rd SolarSolar5.07.015.9%Grand Island Sunrise LLC
12NY Lancaster Gunnville Rd Site 1 Solar CSolar5.05.111.6%AC Power 14, LLC
13Broadway CDG Solar LLCSolar5.05.312.0%Broadway CDG Solar LLC
14New RoadSolar5.0––Generate Capital
15Bullis Road Solar (CSG)Solar4.56.516.4%RPNY Solar 2, LLC
16NY Evans 7690 SW Blvd - SL Evans Array 1Solar4.33.0–SL Evans, LLC
17Comfort CSGSolar4.07.822.3%Nautilus Solar Solutions
18NY Evans 7690 SW Blvd - SL Evans Array 2Solar4.03.1–SL Evans, LLC
19Gowans (CSG)Solar3.82.4–Nautilus Solar Solutions
20Burns Road SolarSolar3.24.516.2%Pivot Energy
21Elk Street SolarSolar2.42.1–Elk Street Solar LLC
22Steel SunSolar2.04.425.4%CleanCapital Holdings
23Big Tree Community Solar FarmSolar2.03.117.6%Generate Capital
24Steel Sun 2: 2303-III-9 Hamburg TpkeSolar2.03.218.2%CleanCapital Holdings
25Steel Sun 2: 2303-III-4 Hamburg TpkeSolar2.03.017.4%CleanCapital Holdings
26Steel Sun 2: 2303-III-2 Hamburg TpkeSolar2.03.117.6%CleanCapital Holdings
27AES Tonawanda Solar LLCSolar2.02.815.8%AES Distributed Energy
28Buffalo NY GigaFactorySolar2.01.16.5%Tesla Inc.
29Chambers 3 - Erie County AldenSolar2.02.816.1%MN8 Energy LLC
30Seneca Nation Cattaraugus Wind TurbineWind1.53.526.5%Seneca Nation
31Bizer CreekSolar1.52.014.9%Altus Power America Management, LLC

MW is the nameplate capacity of operating generators and batteries. Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24, and EIA-923 2025. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources

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