Bend

Hydro power plant · Deschutes County, Oregon

Nameplate capacity
1.1 MW
Rank in Oregon
#293
of 301 plants
In service since
2013
July 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
PacifiCorp
County
Deschutes County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
#59 of 63
EIA plant code
6484

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bend
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.5 MW2017Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.3 MW0.3 MW2016Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric0.2 MW0.2 MW2013Operating

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 1.1 MW solar plant and a 1.1 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 Oregon power plants · What Oregon actually generates