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American Falls

Hydro power plant · Power County, Idaho

Nameplate capacity
92 MW
Rank in Idaho
#21
of 155 plants
In service since
1978
March 1978

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Idaho Power Co
County
Power County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
1.41%
Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
#6 of 76
EIA plant code
809

Generating units

Individual generating units at American Falls
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric31 MW20 MW1978Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
2Conventional Hydroelectric31 MW33 MW1978Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
3Conventional Hydroelectric31 MW34 MW1978Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 92 MW solar plant and a 92 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 Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates