Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4
Hydro power plant · Montrose County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
4.8 MW
Rank in Colorado
#165
of 326 plants
In service since
2015
June 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Shavano Falls Hydro LLC - Drop 4 Project
- County
- Montrose County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #24 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 61190
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.8 MW | 4.5 MW | 2015 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 4.8 MW solar plant and a 4.8 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 Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates