North Gooding Main Hydro
Hydro power plant · Gooding County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
1.3 MW
Rank in Idaho
#149
of 155 plants
In service since
2016
October 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- North Gooding Main Hydro LLC
- County
- Gooding County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
- #70 of 76
- EIA plant code
- 61688
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGM1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2016 | 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
| Blind Canyon Hydro | Hydro | 1.3 MW |
| Koyle Ranch Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 1.3 MW |
| AJMS, LLC | Hydro | 1.2 MW |
| Ford Hydro LP | Hydro | 1.2 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 1.3 MW solar plant and a 1.3 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