Strawberry Creek
Hydro power plant · Lincoln County, Wyoming
Nameplate capacity
1.5 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#70
of 71 plants
In service since
1940
August 1940
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Lower Valley Energy Inc
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wyoming
- #16 of 16
- EIA plant code
- 6393
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1951 | 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
| Swift Creek | Hydro | 1.7 MW |
| Pilot Butte | Hydro | 1.6 MW |
| Elk Basin Gasoline Plant | Natural gas | 1.0 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 1.5 MW solar plant and a 1.5 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 Wyoming power plants · What Wyoming actually generates