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Clearwater 2

Hydro power plant · Douglas County, Oregon

Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Oregon
#75
of 301 plants
In service since
1953
November 1953

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
PacifiCorp
County
Douglas County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.14%
Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
#22 of 63
EIA plant code
3021

Generating units

Individual generating units at Clearwater 2
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric26 MW31 MW1953Operating

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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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