Whitegrass No. 1
Other power plant · Lyon County, Nevada
Nameplate capacity
6.4 MW
Rank in Nevada
#99
of 117 plants
In service since
2018
October 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Geothermal
- Operator
- Open Mountain Energy LLC.
- County
- Lyon County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Nevada
- #27 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 63001
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH1 | Geothermal | 1.9 MW | 1.9 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| OH2 | Geothermal | 1.9 MW | 1.9 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| OL1 | Geothermal | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| OL2 | Geothermal | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2018 | Operating |
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 6.4 MW solar plant and a 6.4 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