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Milner Hydro

Hydro power plant · Cassia County, Idaho

Nameplate capacity
60 MW
Rank in Idaho
#30
of 155 plants
In service since
1992
September 1992

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Idaho Power Co
County
Cassia County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.91%
Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
#10 of 76
EIA plant code
7190

Generating units

Individual generating units at Milner Hydro
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric47 MW38 MW1992Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric12 MW7.1 MW1992Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.8 MW0.3 MW1992Operating

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 60 MW solar plant and a 60 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