Selis Ksanka Qlispe
Hydro power plant · Lake County, Montana
Nameplate capacity
228 MW
Rank in Montana
#9
of 73 plants
In service since
1938
October 1938
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Energy Keepers Inc
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.97%
- Rank among hydro plants in Montana
- #5 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 2188
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KER3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 87 MW | 87 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| KER1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 71 MW | 71 MW | 1938 | Operating |
| KER2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 71 MW | 71 MW | 1949 | 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
| Beaver Creek Wind Facility | Wind | 248 MW |
| Pryor Mountain Wind | Wind | 240 MW |
| Clearwater Wind East | Wind | 208 MW |
| Yellowstone County Generating Station | Natural gas | 207 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 228 MW solar plant and a 228 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