Nameplate capacity
70 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#49
of 122 plants
In service since
1972
February 1972
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE -Vickburg District
- County
- Clark County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.37%
- Rank among hydro plants in Arkansas
- #9 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 187
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 40 MW | 40 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 2 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 30 MW | 30 MW | 1972 | 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
| Norfork | Hydro | 80 MW |
| Blakely Mountain | Hydro | 75 MW |
| Elkins Generating Center | Natural gas | 66 MW |
| Carpenter | Hydro | 56 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 70 MW solar plant and a 70 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