Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Oregon
#89
of 301 plants
In service since
1960
May 1960
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Jackson County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
- #30 of 63
- EIA plant code
- 6403
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 17 MW | 17 MW | 1960 | 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 Oregon
| Slide Creek | Hydro | 18 MW |
| Univ of Oregon Central Power Station | Natural gas | 18 MW |
| Coffee Creek BESS | Battery storage | 17 MW |
| Sullivan | Hydro | 15 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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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