BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS LISTED BY CAPACITY
Clicking on the powerplant name will open a new browser window
with the powerplant page in the Projects & Facilties Database.
You can use that database menu to reach other powerplant pages, as well as all dams and projects.
Facilities can be sorted by region or state in the Projects & Facilties Database.
| 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 |
1,320,000 |
| Shasta Powerplant | Redding, CA | Mid-Pacific | 6-44 |
714,000 |
| 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 |
38,238 |
| 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 | 14,875,906 |
Revise:
8/11/09
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