Drop 2 (WA)
Hydro power plant · Yakima County, Washington
Nameplate capacity
2.5 MW
Rank in Washington
#123
of 139 plants
In service since
1942
August 1942
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Yakama Power
- County
- Yakima County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Washington
- #60 of 73
- EIA plant code
- 6507
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 1942 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 Washington
| Black Creek | Hydro | 3.7 MW |
| Crystal Mountain | Other | 2.7 MW |
| Newhalem | Hydro | 2.3 MW |
| Potholes East Canal 66.0 | Hydro | 2.3 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 2.5 MW solar plant and a 2.5 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