Electron

Hydro power plant · Pierce County, Washington

Nameplate capacity
23 MW
Rank in Washington
#86
of 139 plants
In service since
1929
April 1929

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Electron Hydro LLC
County
Pierce County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.07%
Rank among hydro plants in Washington
#41 of 73
EIA plant code
3854

Generating units

Individual generating units at Electron
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4Conventional Hydroelectric7.5 MW7.9 MW1929Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric5.1 MW5.7 MW2004Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric5.1 MW5.9 MW2004Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric5.1 MW6.3 MW2004Operating

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 23 MW solar plant and a 23 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