BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS LISTED BY CAPACITY
| Plant | Location | Region | In Service Date |
Capacity (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Coulee Powerplant | Grand Coulee, WA | Pacific Northwest | 3-41 |
6,809,000 |
| Hoover Powerplant | Boulder City, NV | Lower Colorado | 9-36 |
2,078,800 |
| Glen Canyon Powerplant | Page, AZ | Upper Colorado | 9-64 |
1,304,000 |
| Shasta Powerplant | Redding, CA | Mid-Pacific | 6-44 |
663,000 |
| Hungry Horse Powerplant | Columbia Falls, MT | Pacific Northwest | 10-52 |
428,000 |
| New Melones Powerplant | Jamestown, CA | Mid-Pacific | 6-79 |
300,000 |
| Davis Powerplant | Bullhead City, AZ | Lower Colorado | 1-51 |
255,000 |
| Yellowtail Powerplant | Hardin, MT | Great Plains | 8-66 |
250,000 |
| San Luis Pumping-Generating Plant | Los Banos, CA | Mid-Pacific | 3-68 |
202,000 |
| Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant | Twin Lakes, CO | Great Plains | 6-81 |
200,000 |
| Folsom Powerplant | Folsom, CA | Mid-Pacific | 5-55 |
198,720 |
| Spring Creek Powerplant | Redding, CA | Mid-Pacific | 1-64 |
180,000 |
| Palisades Powerplant | Palisades, ID | Pacific Northwest | 2-57 |
176,564 |
| Morrow Point Powerplant | Montrose, CO | Upper Colorado | 12-70 |
173,334 |
| Judge Francis Carr Powerplant | French Gulch, CA | Mid-Pacific | 5-63 |
154,400 |
| Flaming Gorge Powerplant | Dutch John UT | Upper Colorado | 11-63 |
151,950 |
| Trinity Powerplant | Redding, CA | Mid-Pacific | 2-64 |
140,000 |
| Parker Powerplant | Parker Dam, AZ | Lower Colorado | 12-42 |
120,000 |
| Keswick Powerplant | Redding, CA | Mid-Pacific | 10-49 |
117,000 |
| Flatiron Powerplant | Loveland, CO | Great Plains | 1-54 |
94,500 |
| Blue Mesa Powerplant | Gunnison, CO | Upper Colorado | 9-67 |
86,400 |
| Fremont Canyon Powerplant | Alcova, WY | Great Plains | 12-60 |
66,800 |
| Seminoe Powerplant | Sinclair, WY | Great Plains | 8-39 |
51,750 |
| Canyon Ferry Powerplant | Helena, MT | Great Plains | 12-53 |
50,000 |
| Estes Powerplant | Estes Park, CO | Great Plains | 9-50 |
45,000 |
| Alcova Powerplant | Alcova, WY | Great Plains | 7-55 |
41,400 |
| Anderson Ranch Powerplant | Mountain Home, ID | Pacific Northwest | 12-50 |
40,000 |
| Pole Hill Powerplant | Loveland, CO | Great Plains | 1-54 |
38,200 |
| Glendo Powerplant | Glendo, WY | Great Plains | 12-58 |
38,000 |
| Kortes Powerplant | Sinclair, WY | Great Plains | 6-50 |
36,000 |
| Crystal Powerplant | Montrose, CO | Upper Colorado | 6-78 |
31,500 |
| Elephant Butte Powerplant | Truth or Consequences, NM | Upper Colorado | 11-40 |
27,945 |
| Minidoka Powerplant | Rupert, ID | Pacific Northwest | 5-09 |
27,700 |
| Green Mountain Powerplant | Kremmling, CO | Great Plains | 5-43 |
26,000 |
| O'Neill Pumping-Generating Plant | Los Banos, CA | Mid-Pacific | 11-67 |
25,200 |
| Buffalo Bill Powerplant | Cody, WY | Great Plains | 7-92 |
18,000 |
| Green Springs Powerplant | Ashland, OR | Pacific Northwest | 5-60 |
17,290 |
| Boysen Powerplant | Thermopolis, WY | Great Plains | 8-52 |
15,000 |
| Nimbus Powerplant | Folsom, CA | Mid-Pacific | 5-55 |
13,500 |
| Roza Powerplant | Yakima, WA | Pacific Northwest | 8-58 |
12,937 |
| Chandler Powerplant | Benton City, WA | Pacific Northwest | 2-56 |
12,000 |
| Towaoc Powerplant | Cortez, CO | Upper Colorado | 5-93 |
11,495 |
| Black Canyon Powerplant | Emmet, ID | Pacific Northwest | 12-25 |
10,200 |
| Fontenelle Powerplant | La Barge, WY | Upper Colorado | 5-68 |
10,000 |
| Upper Molina Powerplant | Molina, CO | Upper Colorado | 12-62 |
8,640 |
| Marys Lake Powerplant | Estes Park, CO | Great Plains | 5-51 |
8,100 |
| Guernsey Powerplant | Guernsey, WY | Great Plains | 7-27 |
6,400 |
| Heart Mountain Powerplant | Cody, WY | Great Plains | 12-48 |
5,000 |
| Deer Creek Powerplant | Heber, UT | Upper Colorado | 2-58 |
4,950 |
| Lower Molina Powerplant | Molina, CO | Upper Colorado | 12-62 |
4,860 |
| Big Thompson Powerplant | Loveland, CO | Great Plains | 4-59 |
4,500 |
| Spirit Mountain Powerplant | Cody, WY | Great Plains | 10-94 |
4,500 |
| Stampede Powerplant | Truckee, CA | Mid-Pacific | 1-88 |
3,650 |
| Boise River Diversion Powerplant | Boise, ID | Pacific Northwest | 5-12 |
3,450 |
| Shoshone Powerplant | Cody, WY | Great Plains | 6-92 |
3,000 |
| Pilot Butte Powerplant | Morton, WY | Great Plains | 1-25 |
1,600 |
| McPhee Powerplant | Cortez, CO | Upper Colorado | 12-92 |
1,283 |
| Lewiston Powerplant | Lewiston, CA | Mid-Pacific | 2-64 |
350 |
| Total Capacity | 14,808,868 |
Revised November 16, 2005 Hydropower Site Map Help