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Errol Hydroelectric Project

Hydro power plant · Coos County, New Hampshire

Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in New Hampshire
#40
of 61 plants
In service since
1986
November 1986

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Errol Hydroelectric Co LLC
County
Coos County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.07%
Rank among hydro plants in New Hampshire
#15 of 31
EIA plant code
10570

Generating units

Individual generating units at Errol Hydroelectric Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW3.0 MW1986Operating

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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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 New Hampshire power plants · What New Hampshire actually generates