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HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS LISTED BY STATE


Arizona

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Davis Powerplant Bullhead City, AZ Lower Colorado 1-51 255,000
Glen Canyon Powerplant Page, AZ Upper Colorado 9-64 1,304,000
Hoover Powerplant Boulder City, NV* Lower Colorado 9-36 1,039,400
Total Capacity       2,598,400

* Hoover Powerplant is located half in Arizona and half in Nevada



California

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Folsom Powerplant Folsom, CA Mid-Pacific 5-55 198,720
Judge Francis Carr Powerplant French Gulch, CA Mid-Pacific 5-63 154,400
Keswick Powerplant Redding, CA Mid-Pacific 10-49 117,000
Lewiston Powerplant Lewiston, CA Mid-Pacific 2-64 350
New Melones Powerplant Jamestown, CA Mid-Pacific 6-79 300,000
Nimbus Powerplant Folsom, CA Mid-Pacific 5-55 13,500
O'Neill Pumping-Generating Plant Los Banos, CA Mid-Pacific 11-67 25,200
Parker Powerplant Parker Dam, AZ** Lower Colorado 12-42 120,000
San Luis Pumping-Generating Plant Los Banos, CA Mid-Pacific 3-68 202,000
Shasta Powerplant Redding, CA Mid-Pacific 6-44 663,000
Spring Creek Powerplant Redding, CA Mid-Pacific 1-64 180,000
Stampede Powerplant Truckee, CA Mid-Pacific 1-88 3,650
Trinity Powerplant Redding, CA Mid-Pacific 2-64 140,000
Total Capacity       2,117,820

** Parker Powerplant is located on the California side of the dam.



Colorado

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Big Thompson Powerplant Loveland, CO Great Plains 4-59 4,500
Blue Mesa Powerplant Gunnison, CO Upper Colorado 9-67 86,400
Crystal Powerplant Montrose, CO Upper Colorado 6-78 31,500
Estes Powerplant Estes Park, CO Great Plains 9-50 45,000
Flatiron Powerplant Loveland, CO Great Plains 1-54 94,500
Green Mountain Powerplant Kremmling, CO Great Plains 5-43 26,000
Lower Molina Powerplant Molina, CO Upper Colorado 12-62 4,860
Marys Lake Powerplant Estes Park, CO Great Plains 5-51 8,100
McPhee Powerplant Cortez, CO Upper Colorado 12-92 1,283
Morrow Point Powerplant Montrose, CO Upper Colorado 12-70 173,334
Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant Twin Lakes, CO Great Plains 6-81 200,000
Pole Hill Powerplant Loveland, CO Great Plains 1-54 38,200
Towaoc Powerplant Cortez, CO Upper Colorado 5-93 11,495
Upper Molina Powerplant Molina, CO Upper Colorado 12-62 8,640
Total Capacity       731,812



Idaho

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Anderson Ranch Powerplant Mountain Home, ID Pacific Northwest 12-50 40,000
Black Canyon Powerplant Emmet, ID Pacific Northwest 12-25 10,200
Boise River Diversion Powerplant Boise, ID Pacific Northwest 5-12 3,450
Minidoka Powerplant Rupert, ID Pacific Northwest 5-09 27,700
Palisades Powerplant Palisades, ID Pacific Northwest 2-57 176,564
Total Capacity       257,914



Montana

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Canyon Ferry Powerplant Helena, MT Great Plains 12-53 50,000
Hungry Horse Powerplant Columbia Falls, MT Pacific Northwest 10-52 428,000
Yellowtail Powerplant Hardin, MT Great Plains 8-66 250,000
Total Capacity       728,000



Nevada

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Hoover Powerplant Boulder City, NV* Lower Colorado 9-36 1,039,400
Total Capacity       1,039,400

* Hoover Powerplant is located half in Arizona and half in Nevada



New Mexico

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Elephant Butte Powerplant Truth or Consequences, NM Upper Colorado 11-40 27,945
Total Capacity       27,945



Oregon

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Green Springs Powerplant Ashland, OR Pacific Northwest 5-60 17,290
Total Capacity       17,290



Utah

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Deer Creek Powerplant Heber, UT Upper Colorado 2-58 4,950
Flaming Gorge Powerplant Dutch John UT Upper Colorado 11-63 151,950
Total Capacity       156,900



Washington

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Chandler Powerplant Benton City, WA Pacific Northwest 2-56 12,000
Grand Coulee Powerplant Grand Coulee, WA Pacific Northwest 3-41 6,809,000
Roza Powerplant Yakima, WA Pacific Northwest 8-58 12,937
Total Capacity       6,833,937



Wyoming

Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Alcova Powerplant Alcova, WY Great Plains 7-55 41,400
Boysen Powerplant Thermopolis, WY Great Plains 8-52 15,000
Buffalo Bill Powerplant Cody, WY Great Plains 7-92 18,000
Fontenelle Powerplant La Barge, WY Upper Colorado 5-68 10,000
Fremont Canyon Powerplant Alcova, WY Great Plains 12-60 66,800
Glendo Powerplant Glendo, WY Great Plains 12-58 38,000
Guernsey Powerplant Guernsey, WY Great Plains 7-27 6,400
Heart Mountain Powerplant Cody, WY Great Plains 12-48 5,000
Kortes Powerplant Sinclair, WY Great Plains 6-50 36,000
Pilot Butte Powerplant Morton, WY Great Plains 1-25 1,600
Seminoe Powerplant Sinclair, WY Great Plains 8-39 51,750
Shoshone Powerplant Cody, WY Great Plains 6-92 3,000
Spirit Mountain Powerplant Cody, WY Great Plains 10-94 4,500
Total Capacity       297,450

Total Reclamation Capacity: 14,808,868 kW

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