Little Falls (WA)
Hydro power plant · Lincoln County, Washington
Nameplate capacity
43 MW
Rank in Washington
#76
of 139 plants
In service since
2010
July 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Avista Corp
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among hydro plants in Washington
- #34 of 73
- EIA plant code
- 3866
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 11 MW | 2011 | 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 Washington
| Linden Wind Energy Project | Wind | 50 MW |
| Longview Fibre | Other | 45 MW |
| Snoqualmie 2 | Hydro | 39 MW |
| Nine Mile | Hydro | 38 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 43 MW solar plant and a 43 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