Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project
Hydro power plant · Snohomish County, Washington
Nameplate capacity
7.5 MW
Rank in Washington
#105
of 139 plants
In service since
2011
November 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- PUD No 1 of Snohomish County
- County
- Snohomish County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Washington
- #54 of 73
- EIA plant code
- 57763
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 7.5 MW | 7.9 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
| Upper Falls | Hydro | 10 MW |
| Port Townsend Paper | Other | 7.5 MW |
| Russell D Smith | Hydro | 6.1 MW |
| Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | 6.0 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 7.5 MW solar plant and a 7.5 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