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EIA plant 3597

Marble Falls · Burnet · TX

Granite Shoals

Operated by Lower Colorado River Authority

Annual generation22,369 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextElectric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

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Where is Granite Shoals?

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30.556000, -98.338400

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric54 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1590
2587
3394
4311
52,704
62,455
75,413
82,016
93,179
101,604
111,500
121,616

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1590
2587
3394
4311
52,704
62,455
75,413
82,016
93,179
101,604
111,500
121,616

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1590 MWh
2587 MWh
3394 MWh
4311 MWh
52,704 MWh
62,455 MWh
75,413 MWh
82,016 MWh
93,179 MWh
101,604 MWh
111,500 MWh
121,616 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT27OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT27OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3597
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (5,413 MWh) and 4 the lowest (311 MWh). Their difference is 5,102 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric27.027.027.023.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric27.027.027.023.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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