Tri-County Water Hydropower Project
Hydro power plant · Ouray County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
8.0 MW
Rank in Colorado
#127
of 326 plants
In service since
2014
April 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Tri-County Water Conservancy District
- County
- Ouray County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #16 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 58901
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCWG1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.2 MW | 7.2 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| TCWG2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2014 | 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 8.0 MW solar plant and a 8.0 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