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Taum Sauk

Hydro power plant · Reynolds County, Missouri

Nameplate capacity
408 MW
Rank in Missouri
#14
of 139 plants
In service since
1963
December 1963

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage
Operator
Union Electric Co - (MO)
County
Reynolds County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
1.74%
Rank among hydro plants in Missouri
#1 of 8
EIA plant code
2108

Generating units

Individual generating units at Taum Sauk
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Hydroelectric Pumped Storage204 MW220 MW1963Operating
2Hydroelectric Pumped Storage204 MW220 MW1963Operating

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 408 MW solar plant and a 408 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates