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Vernon Dam

Hydro power plant · Windham County, Vermont

Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Vermont
#7
of 117 plants
In service since
2008
March 2008

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Great River Hydro, LLC
County
Windham County
Generating units
10
Share of state capacity
3.99%
Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
#2 of 45
EIA plant code
2352

Generating units

Individual generating units at Vernon Dam
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
6AConventional Hydroelectric5.0 MW4.5 MW2008Operating
7AConventional Hydroelectric5.0 MW4.5 MW2008Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric4.5 MW3.6 MW2008Operating
8Conventional Hydroelectric4.5 MW3.6 MW2008Operating
10Conventional Hydroelectric4.2 MW4.0 MW2021Operating
9Conventional Hydroelectric4.2 MW4.0 MW2021Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric2.5 MW2.4 MW2009Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric2.0 MW2.4 MW2009Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric2.0 MW2.4 MW2009Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric2.0 MW2.4 MW2009Operating

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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Bellows FallsHydro41 MW
Sheffield WindWind40 MW
WilderHydro36 MW
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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 36 MW solar plant and a 36 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