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Gorge 18

Hydro power plant · Chittenden County, Vermont

Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in Vermont
#54
of 117 plants
In service since
1928
January 1928

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Green Mountain Power Corp
County
Chittenden County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.33%
Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
#25 of 45
EIA plant code
6475

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gorge 18
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric3.0 MW3.0 MW1928Operating

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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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 Vermont power plants · What Vermont actually generates