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EIA plant 3895

The Dalles · Wasco · OR

The Dalles

Operated by USACE Northwestern Division

Annual generation5,431,127 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextBonneville Power AdministrationBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is The Dalles?

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45.614000, -121.134600

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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 Hydroelectric1,819.7 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.

1512,630
2497,086
3573,943
4467,830
5481,142
6469,910
7368,913
8349,966
9332,195
10332,137
11479,407
12565,968

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
1512,630
2497,086
3573,943
4467,830
5481,142
6469,910
7368,913
8349,966
9332,195
10332,137
11479,407
12565,968

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1512,630 MWh
2497,086 MWh
3573,943 MWh
4467,830 MWh
5481,142 MWh
6469,910 MWh
7368,913 MWh
8349,966 MWh
9332,195 MWh
10332,137 MWh
11479,407 MWh
12565,968 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
5Conventional HydroelectricWAT89.7OP
15Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OP
16Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OP
17Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OP
18Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OA
19Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OA
20Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OA
21Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OP
22Conventional HydroelectricWAT86OP
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
10Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
11Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OA
12Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OA
13Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
14Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
3Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
4Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
6Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
7Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
8Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OP
9Conventional HydroelectricWAT78OA
F1Conventional HydroelectricWAT14OA
F2Conventional HydroelectricWAT14OA

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3895
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Columbia River
Data edition
2024-final

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