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Summer Falls Power Plant

Hydro power plant · Grant County, Washington

Nameplate capacity
92 MW
Rank in Washington
#58
of 139 plants
In service since
1985
January 1985

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Columbia Basin Hydropower
County
Grant County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.29%
Rank among hydro plants in Washington
#24 of 73
EIA plant code
56695

Generating units

Individual generating units at Summer Falls Power Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric46 MW46 MW1985Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric46 MW46 MW1985Operating

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 92 MW solar plant and a 92 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