Copper Dam Plant
Hydro power plant · Hood River County, Oregon
Nameplate capacity
2.6 MW
Rank in Oregon
#211
of 301 plants
In service since
2015
September 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Farmer's Irrigation District
- County
- Hood River County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
- #53 of 63
- EIA plant code
- 10323
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURGO | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | 1.0 MW | 2015 | Operating |
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 2.6 MW solar plant and a 2.6 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