Nameplate capacity
52 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#40
of 71 plants
In service since
1939
August 1939
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Carbon County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.41%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wyoming
- #2 of 16
- EIA plant code
- 4182
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 17 MW | 17 MW | 1939 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 17 MW | 17 MW | 1939 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 17 MW | 17 MW | 1939 | 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
| Mountain Wind Power LLC | Wind | 61 MW |
| Corriedale Wind Energy | Wind | 53 MW |
| Silver Sage Windpower | Wind | 42 MW |
| Alcova | Hydro | 41 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 52 MW solar plant and a 52 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