Falls Hydro
Hydro power plant · Stanly County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Stanly County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among hydro plants in North Carolina
- #16 of 38
- EIA plant code
- 54895
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YF2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 10 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| YF3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| YF1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.0 MW | 9.0 MW | 2022 | 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 North Carolina
| High Rock Hydro | Hydro | 33 MW |
| Univ of NC Chapel Hill Cogen Facility | Coal | 32 MW |
| Monroe Generating Station | Natural gas | 30 MW |
| Apex NC Solar | Solar | 29 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 31 MW solar plant and a 31 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 North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates