Nameplate capacity
8.3 MW
Rank in Idaho
#96
of 155 plants
In service since
1948
June 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Idaho Power Co
- County
- Gooding County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among hydro plants in Idaho
- #35 of 76
- EIA plant code
- 823
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.3 MW | 7.7 MW | 1948 | 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
| Cassia Wind | Wind | 8.4 MW |
| Wilson Lake Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 8.4 MW |
| Amalgamated Sugar LLC Nampa | Natural gas | 8.2 MW |
| City Power Plant | Hydro | 8.0 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 8.3 MW solar plant and a 8.3 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