Thousand Springs
Hydro power plant · Gooding County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
6.8 MW
Rank in Idaho
#104
of 155 plants
In service since
2020
May 2020
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Idaho Power Co
- County
- Gooding County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
- #42 of 76
- EIA plant code
- 820
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 6.8 MW | 6.9 MW | 2020 | 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
| Hazelton B Hydro | Hydro | 7.6 MW |
| Felt | Hydro | 7.4 MW |
| Ashton | Hydro | 6.7 MW |
| Plummer Cogen | Other | 6.2 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 6.8 MW solar plant and a 6.8 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