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Oxbow (OR)

Hydro power plant · Baker County, Oregon

Nameplate capacity
190 MW
Rank in Oregon
#28
of 301 plants
In service since
1961
July 1961

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Idaho Power Co
County
Baker County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.99%
Rank among hydro plants in Oregon
#7 of 63
EIA plant code
3014

Generating units

Individual generating units at Oxbow (OR)
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW54 MW1961Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW55 MW1961Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW55 MW1961Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric48 MW52 MW1961Operating

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 190 MW solar plant and a 190 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