Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Nevada
#102
of 117 plants
In service since
1989
April 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Truckee-Carson Irrigation District
- County
- Churchill County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Nevada
- #2 of 6
- EIA plant code
- 50261
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.0 MW | 3.8 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 Nevada
| Brunswick | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Solar Las Vegas MB-1 | Solar | 4.9 MW |
| Las Vegas WPCF Solar Plant | Solar | 3.3 MW |
| Waste Management Lockwood LFGTE | Other | 3.2 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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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 Nevada power plants · What Nevada actually generates