Nameplate capacity
161 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#25
of 122 plants
In service since
1965
April 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Little Rock District
- County
- Pope County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.84%
- Rank among hydro plants in Arkansas
- #2 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 199
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 35 MW | 1966 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| West Memphis Solar Station | Solar | 180 MW |
| Crooked Lake Solar, LLC | Solar | 175 MW |
| Ashdown | Other | 157 MW |
| Fulton (AR) | Natural gas | 155 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 161 MW solar plant and a 161 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates