Gorham

Hydro power plant · Coos County, New Hampshire

Nameplate capacity
2.2 MW
Rank in New Hampshire
#47
of 61 plants
In service since
2017
August 2017

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Central Rivers Power NH, LLC
County
Coos County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among hydro plants in New Hampshire
#19 of 31
EIA plant code
2358

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gorham
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.7 MW0.6 MW2023Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric0.7 MW0.6 MW2023Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating

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 2.2 MW solar plant and a 2.2 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