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Medford Operation

Other power plant · Jackson County, Oregon · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Oregon
#144
of 301 plants
In service since
1956
June 1956

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
Operator
Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC
County
Jackson County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Oregon
#10 of 24
EIA plant code
56193

Generating units

Individual generating units at Medford Operation
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Wood/Wood Waste Biomass5.0 MW4.4 MW1965Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
1Wood/Wood Waste Biomass3.5 MW3.1 MW1956Out of service and NOT 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.

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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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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