Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant

Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station
Country	United States
Location	Lewiston, New York
Coordinates	43°08′35″N 79°02′23″W / 43.14306°N 79.03972°W / 43.14306; -79.03972
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Construction began	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Opening date	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Construction cost	US$800 million (1957)
Owner(s)	New York Power Authority
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Niagara River
Reservoir
Creates	Moses Niagara Power Plant forebay
Total capacity	740,000,000 US gal (2.8×109 L; 620,000,000 imp gal)
Commission date	1961
Type	Conventional
Turbines	13
Installed capacity	2,525 MW (3,386,000 hp)[1]
Capacity factor	71.9%
Annual generation	15,896,756 MWh [2]
Website https://www.nypa.gov/power/generation/niagara-power-project
Works in conjunction with the Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant

The Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Lewiston, New York, near Niagara Falls. Owned and operated by the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the plant diverts water from the Niagara River above Niagara Falls and returns the water into the lower portion of the river near Lake Ontario. It uses 13 generators at an installed capacity of 2,525 MW (3,386,000 hp) with an average annual net generation of 15,897,000 MWh between 2014 and 2023, and a capacity factor of 71.9%. ^[3]

Named for New York City planner Robert Moses, the plant was built to replace power production after the Schoellkopf Power Station, a nearby hydroelectric plant, collapsed in 1956. It stands across the river from Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.