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EIA plant 6394

Afton · Lincoln · WY

Swift Creek

Operated by Lower Valley Energy Inc

Annual generation6,466 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextBonneville Power AdministrationBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Swift Creek?

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42.728439, -110.916592

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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 Hydroelectric1.7 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.

1343
2292
3329
4421
5826
6977
7927
8712
9517
10424
11348
12350

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
1343
2292
3329
4421
5826
6977
7927
8712
9517
10424
11348
12350

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1343 MWh
2292 MWh
3329 MWh
4421 MWh
5826 MWh
6977 MWh
7927 MWh
8712 MWh
9517 MWh
10424 MWh
11348 MWh
12350 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.8OP
4Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.6OP
5Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.3OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6394
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Swift Creek
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 6 has the highest recorded value (977 MWh) and 2 the lowest (292 MWh). Their difference is 685 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 3 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 0.3 (5) to 0.8 (3). The difference is 0.5 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.80.80.80.1
4Conventional Hydroelectric0.60.60.60.1
5Conventional Hydroelectric0.30.30.30.1

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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