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Canyon

Hydro power plant · Comal County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Texas
#869
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1989
January 1989

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
County
Comal County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in Texas
#16 of 23
EIA plant code
791

Generating units

Individual generating units at Canyon
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW3.0 MW1989Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
2Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW3.0 MW1989Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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 Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates