Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#57
of 71 plants
In service since
1968
May 1968
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wyoming
- #8 of 16
- EIA plant code
- 4185
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 11 MW | 1968 | 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 Wyoming
| Boysen | Hydro | 15 MW |
| Simplot Phosphates | Other | 12 MW |
| Big Sand Draw Plant | Natural gas | 8.0 MW |
| Beaver Creek Gas Plant | Natural gas | 6.8 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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