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Plummer Cogen

Other power plant · Benewah County, Idaho · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
6.2 MW
Rank in Idaho
#106
of 155 plants
In service since
1982
December 1982

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
Operator
Stimson Lumber Company
County
Benewah County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.09%
Rank among other plants in Idaho
#4 of 14
EIA plant code
55090

Generating units

Individual generating units at Plummer Cogen
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Wood/Wood Waste Biomass6.2 MW5.8 MW1982Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

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

Thousand SpringsHydro6.8 MW
AshtonHydro6.7 MW
Tamarack EnergyOther6.2 MW
BYUI Central Energy FacilityNatural gas5.6 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 6.2 MW solar plant and a 6.2 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