Highgate Falls
Hydro power plant · Franklin County, Vermont
Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Vermont
#18
of 117 plants
In service since
1930
August 1930
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Village of Swanton - (VT)
- County
- Franklin County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 1.29%
- Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
- #6 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 6618
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.8 MW | 4.8 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.2 MW | 2.9 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | 1.0 MW | 1930 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.1 MW | 2012 | 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
| Essex Junction 19 | Other | 16 MW |
| Ascutney | Other | 13 MW |
| Mcindoes | Hydro | 10 MW |
| Georgia Mountain Community Wind Farm | Wind | 10 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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