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EIA plant 622

North Bend · King · WA

South Fork Tolt

Operated by City of Seattle - (WA)

Annual generation44,630 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSeattle City LightBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is South Fork Tolt?

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47.699167, -121.783333

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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 Hydroelectric16.8 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the WA 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.

12,064
22,010
35,942
42,490
54,073
65,889
75,892
84,410
92,963
103,140
112,590
123,167

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
12,064
22,010
35,942
42,490
54,073
65,889
75,892
84,410
92,963
103,140
112,590
123,167

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
12,064 MWh
22,010 MWh
35,942 MWh
42,490 MWh
54,073 MWh
65,889 MWh
75,892 MWh
84,410 MWh
92,963 MWh
103,140 MWh
112,590 MWh
123,167 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT16.8OP

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EIA plant ID
622
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
South Fork Tolt River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 3 has the highest recorded value (5,942 MWh) and 2 the lowest (2,010 MWh). Their difference is 3,932 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric16.816.816.81.0

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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