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EIA plant 816

Hagerman · Gooding · ID

Lower Salmon

Operated by Idaho Power Co

Annual generation231,995 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextIdaho Power CompanyBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Lower Salmon?

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42.841608, -114.903611

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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 Hydroelectric60 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.

115,574
214,028
315,915
431,892
531,000
616,649
723,432
816,679
916,783
1018,826
1115,785
1215,432

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
115,574
214,028
315,915
431,892
531,000
616,649
723,432
816,679
916,783
1018,826
1115,785
1215,432

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
115,574 MWh
214,028 MWh
315,915 MWh
431,892 MWh
531,000 MWh
616,649 MWh
723,432 MWh
816,679 MWh
916,783 MWh
1018,826 MWh
1115,785 MWh
1215,432 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP
3Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP
4Conventional HydroelectricWAT15OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
816
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Snake 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 (31,892 MWh) and 2 the lowest (14,028 MWh). Their difference is 17,864 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric15.018.216.520.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric15.013.8412.250.0
3Conventional Hydroelectric15.019.3916.240.0
4Conventional Hydroelectric15.020.1215.880.0

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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