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EIA plant 6395

Mountain Home · Elmore · ID

Anderson Ranch

Operated by U S Bureau of Reclamation

Annual generation130,002 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextBonneville Power AdministrationBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Anderson Ranch?

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43.357066, -115.451517

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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 Hydroelectric40 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.

13,722
23,538
34,882
426,617
522,830
624,154
719,996
816,449
96,626
101,134
1124
1230

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
13,722
23,538
34,882
426,617
522,830
624,154
719,996
816,449
96,626
101,134
1124
1230

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
13,722 MWh
23,538 MWh
34,882 MWh
426,617 MWh
522,830 MWh
624,154 MWh
719,996 MWh
816,449 MWh
96,626 MWh
101,134 MWh
1124 MWh
1230 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT20OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT20OP

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EIA plant ID
6395
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
South Fork Boise River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 4 has the highest recorded value (26,617 MWh) and 11 the lowest (24 MWh). Their difference is 26,593 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric20.020.020.06.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric20.020.020.06.0

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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