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Hydropower Program

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS LISTED BY NAME

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Plant Location Region In Service Date Capacity
(kW)
Alcova Powerplant Alcova, WY Missouri Basin
7-55
41,400
Anderson Ranch Powerplant Mountain Home, ID Columbia-Pacific Northwest
12-50
40,000
Big Thompson Powerplant Loveland, CO Missouri Basin
4-59
4,500
Black Canyon Powerplant Emmet, ID Columbia-Pacific Northwest
12-25
10,200
Blue Mesa Powerplant Gunnison, CO Upper Colorado Basin
9-67
86,400
Boise River Diversion Powerplant Boise, ID Columbia-Pacific Northwest
5-12
3,450
Boysen Powerplant Thermopolis, WY Missouri Basin
8-52
15,000
Buffalo Bill Powerplant Cody, WY Missouri Basin
7-92
18,000
Canyon Ferry Powerplant Helena, MT Missouri Basin
12-53
50,001
Chandler Powerplant Benton City, WA Columbia-Pacific Northwest
2-56
12,000
Crystal Powerplant Montrose, CO Upper Colorado Basin
6-78
31,500
Davis Powerplant Bullhead City, AZ Lower Colorado Basin
1-51
255,000
Elephant Butte Powerplant Truth or Consequences, NM Upper Colorado Basin
11-40
27,945
Estes Powerplant Estes Park, CO Missouri Basin
9-50
45,000
Flaming Gorge Powerplant Dutch John UT Upper Colorado Basin
11-63
151,500
Flatiron Powerplant Loveland, CO Missouri Basin
1-54
94,500
Folsom Powerplant Folsom, CA California-Great Basin
5-55
207,000
Fontenelle Powerplant La Barge, WY Upper Colorado Basin
5-68
10,000
Fremont Canyon Powerplant Alcova, WY Missouri Basin
12-60
66,800
Glen Canyon Powerplant Page, AZ Upper Colorado Basin
9-64
1,320,000
Glendo Powerplant Glendo, WY Missouri Basin
12-58
38,000
Grand Coulee Powerplant Grand Coulee, WA Columbia-Pacific Northwest
3-41
6,809,000
Green Mountain Powerplant Kremmling, CO Missouri Basin
5-43
26,000
Green Springs Powerplant Ashland, OR Columbia-Pacific Northwest
5-60
17,290
Guernsey Powerplant Guernsey, WY Missouri Basin
7-27
6,400
Heart Mountain Powerplant Cody, WY Missouri Basin
12-48
5,000
Hoover Powerplant Boulder City, NV Lower Colorado Basin
9-36
2,078,800
Hungry Horse Powerplant Columbia Falls, MT Columbia-Pacific Northwest
10-52
428,000
Judge Francis Carr Powerplant French Gulch, CA California-Great Basin
5-63
154,400
Keswick Powerplant Redding, CA California-Great Basin
10-49
117,000
Kortes Powerplant Sinclair, WY Missouri Basin
6-50
36,000
Lewiston Powerplant Lewiston, CA California-Great Basin
2-64
350
Lower Molina Powerplant Molina, CO Upper Colorado Basin
12-62
5,589
Marys Lake Powerplant Estes Park, CO Missouri Basin
5-51
8,100
Minidoka Powerplant Rupert, ID Columbia-Pacific Northwest
5-09
27,700
Morrow Point Powerplant Montrose, CO Upper Colorado Basin
12-70
173,334
Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant Twin Lakes, CO Missouri Basin
6-81
200,000
New Melones Powerplant Jamestown, CA California-Great Basin
6-79
380,000
Nimbus Powerplant Folsom, CA California-Great Basin
5-55
13,500
Palisades Powerplant Palisades, ID Columbia-Pacific Northwest
2-57
176,564
Parker Powerplant Parker Dam, AZ Lower Colorado Basin
12-42
120,000
Pilot Butte Powerplant Morton, WY Missouri Basin
1-25
1,600
Pole Hill Powerplant Loveland, CO Missouri Basin
1-54
38,238
Roza Powerplant Yakima, WA Columbia-Pacific Northwest
8-58
12,937
Seminoe Powerplant Sinclair, WY Missouri Basin
8-39
51,750
Shasta Powerplant Redding, CA California-Great Basin
6-44
714,000
Shoshone Powerplant Cody, WY Missouri Basin
6-92
3,000
Spirit Mountain Powerplant Cody, WY Missouri Basin
10-94
4,500
Spring Creek Powerplant Redding, CA California-Great Basin
1-64
180,000
Stampede Powerplant Truckee, CA California-Great Basin
1-88
3,650
Trinity Powerplant Redding, CA California-Great Basin
2-64
140,000
Upper Molina Powerplant Molina, CO Upper Colorado Basin
12-62
9,936
Yellowtail Powerplant Hardin, MT Missouri Basin
8-66
287,496
Total Capacity (53 Plants)    
14,758,330

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Last Updated: 9/8/24
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