Alcova

Hydro power plant · Natrona County, Wyoming

Nameplate capacity
41 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#42
of 71 plants
In service since
1955
July 1955

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
U S Bureau of Reclamation
County
Natrona County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.33%
Rank among hydro plants in Wyoming
#3 of 16
EIA plant code
6409

Generating units

Individual generating units at Alcova
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric21 MW21 MW1955Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric21 MW21 MW1955Operating

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 41 MW solar plant and a 41 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 Wyoming power plants · What Wyoming actually generates