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Bonneville

Hydro power plant · Multnomah County, Oregon

Nameplate capacity
1,162 MW
Rank in Oregon
#3
of 301 plants
In service since
1938
July 1938

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
USACE Northwestern Division
County
Multnomah County
Generating units
20
Share of state capacity
6.05%
Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
#3 of 63
EIA plant code
3075

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bonneville
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
11Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1982Operating
12Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1982Operating
13Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1982Operating
14Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1982Operating
15Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1982Operating
16Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1981Operating
17Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1981Operating
18Conventional Hydroelectric67 MW67 MW1981Operating
10Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW54 MW1944Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1941Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1941Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1941Operating
6Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1942Operating
7Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1943Operating
8Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1943Operating
9Conventional Hydroelectric62 MW62 MW1943Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
1Conventional Hydroelectric54 MW54 MW1938Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
2Conventional Hydroelectric54 MW54 MW1938Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
F1Conventional Hydroelectric13 MW13 MW1982Operating
F2Conventional Hydroelectric13 MW13 MW1981Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 Oregon

John DayHydro2,160 MW
The DallesHydro1,820 MW
McNaryHydro991 MW
Hermiston Power PartnershipNatural gas689 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 1,162 MW solar plant and a 1,162 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