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EIA plant 584

Farmington · San Juan · NM

Navajo Dam

Operated by City of Farmington - (NM)

Annual generation71,962 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextWestern Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain RegionBalancing authority or NERC region

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Where is Navajo Dam?

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36.806100, -107.613100

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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 Hydroelectric30 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the NM plant index for regional peers.

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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.

15,504
25,748
36,006
46,653
56,131
65,484
710,013
813,921
910,950
10105
110
121,447

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
15,504
25,748
36,006
46,653
56,131
65,484
710,013
813,921
910,950
10105
110
121,447

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
15,504 MWh
25,748 MWh
36,006 MWh
46,653 MWh
56,131 MWh
65,484 MWh
710,013 MWh
813,921 MWh
910,950 MWh
10105 MWh
110 MWh
121,447 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
584
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
San Juan River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (13,921 MWh) and 11 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 13,921 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric15.015.015.06.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric15.015.015.06.0

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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