Clearwater Wind East
Wind power plant · Custer County, Montana
Nameplate capacity
208 MW
Rank in Montana
#10
of 73 plants
In service since
2024
January 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Portland General Electric Co
- County
- Custer County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.71%
- Rank among wind plants in Montana
- #4 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 66183
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 208 MW | 208 MW | 2024 | 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
| Pryor Mountain Wind | Wind | 240 MW |
| Selis Ksanka Qlispe | Hydro | 228 MW |
| Yellowstone County Generating Station | Natural gas | 207 MW |
| Dave Gates Generating Station | Natural gas | 203 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 208 MW solar plant and a 208 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