Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Vermont
#8
of 117 plants
In service since
1950
November 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Great River Hydro, LLC
- County
- Windsor County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 3.96%
- Rank among hydro plants in Vermont
- #3 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 2353
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 16 MW | 18 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 16 MW | 18 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.2 MW | 2.8 MW | 1987 | 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
| Sheffield Wind | Wind | 40 MW |
| Vernon Dam | Hydro | 36 MW |
| Harriman | Hydro | 34 MW |
| Deerfield Wind LLC | Wind | 30 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 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