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EIA plant 6415

Broken Bow · McCurtain · OK

Broken Bow Dam

Operated by USCE-Tulsa District

Annual generation108,853 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthwest Power PoolBalancing authority or NERC region

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34.138779, -94.684498

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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 Hydroelectric100 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.

112,475
215,583
317,878
415,057
57,533
66,352
711,584
87,897
93,745
102,618
113,393
124,738

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
112,475
215,583
317,878
415,057
57,533
66,352
711,584
87,897
93,745
102,618
113,393
124,738

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
112,475 MWh
215,583 MWh
317,878 MWh
415,057 MWh
57,533 MWh
66,352 MWh
711,584 MWh
87,897 MWh
93,745 MWh
102,618 MWh
113,393 MWh
124,738 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT50OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT50OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6415
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Mountain Fork 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 (17,878 MWh) and 10 the lowest (2,618 MWh). Their difference is 15,260 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric50.057.557.518.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric50.057.557.518.0

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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