Nameplate capacity
1.7 MW
Rank in Idaho
#140
of 155 plants
In service since
1984
February 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- PacifiCorp
- County
- Caribou County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
- #63 of 76
- EIA plant code
- 987
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 0.8 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 1984 | 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 Idaho
| Rock Creek II | Hydro | 1.9 MW |
| Kettle Butte Digester, LLC | Other | 1.8 MW |
| Mora Drop Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 1.7 MW |
| Big Sky Dairy Digester | Other | 1.6 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 1.7 MW solar plant and a 1.7 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