Cowiche

Hydro power plant · Yakima County, Washington

Nameplate capacity
1.7 MW
Rank in Washington
#130
of 139 plants
In service since
1987
March 1987

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Yakima-Tieton Irrigation Dist
County
Yakima County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in Washington
#66 of 73
EIA plant code
50423

Generating units

Individual generating units at Cowiche
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
983Conventional Hydroelectric1.7 MW1.6 MW1987Operating

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 1.7 MW solar plant and a 1.7 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 Washington power plants · What Washington actually generates