Bellows Falls
Hydro power plant · Windham County, Vermont
Nameplate capacity
41 MW
Rank in Vermont
#5
of 117 plants
In service since
1928
March 1928
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Great River Hydro, LLC
- County
- Windham County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 4.54%
- Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
- #1 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 3745
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 14 MW | 16 MW | 1928 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 14 MW | 16 MW | 1928 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 14 MW | 16 MW | 1928 | 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 Vermont
| VPPSA Project 10 | Other | 47 MW |
| Berlin 5 | Other | 42 MW |
| Sheffield Wind | Wind | 40 MW |
| Vernon Dam | Hydro | 36 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 41 MW solar plant and a 41 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 Vermont power plants · What Vermont actually generates