Broadwater Power Project
Hydro power plant · Broadwater County, Montana
Nameplate capacity
9.7 MW
Rank in Montana
#54
of 73 plants
In service since
1989
June 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Montana Dept-Natural Res&Consv
- County
- Broadwater County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among hydro plants in Montana
- #19 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 54006
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.7 MW | 9.7 MW | 1989 | 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 Montana
| Musselshell Wind Project | Wind | 10 MW |
| Musselshell Wind Project Two LLC | Wind | 10 MW |
| Horseshoe Bend Wind Park | Wind | 9.7 MW |
| Two Dot Wind Farm | Wind | 9.7 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 9.7 MW solar plant and a 9.7 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 Montana power plants · What Montana actually generates