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W K Sanders

Hydro power plant · Lamoille County, Vermont

Nameplate capacity
1.8 MW
Rank in Vermont
#99
of 117 plants
In service since
1983
July 1983

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Village of Morrisville - (VT)
County
Lamoille County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.20%
Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
#36 of 45
EIA plant code
678

Generating units

Individual generating units at W K Sanders
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric0.9 MW0.7 MW1983Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.9 MW0.7 MW1983Operating

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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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