Quail Creek Hydro Plant #1
Hydro power plant · Washington County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
2.3 MW
Rank in Utah
#111
of 131 plants
In service since
1985
June 1985
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Washington Cnty Wtr Consv Dist
- County
- Washington County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Utah
- #15 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 52039
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.3 MW | 2.3 MW | 1985 | 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 Utah
| Hydro Plant No 3 | Hydro | 2.8 MW |
| Upper Beaver | Hydro | 2.5 MW |
| Causey | Hydro | 2.2 MW |
| Greenville Solar Plant | Solar | 2.2 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 2.3 MW solar plant and a 2.3 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 Utah power plants · What Utah actually generates