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Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

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Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating

Commissioned: 1974
Net generation, 2025: 1,904,190 MWh
Grid: 230 kV to Portland General Electric Co (PGE)
Location: Columbia County, Oregon
Operated by: Portland General Electric CoSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

Owner: Portland General Electric CoSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of 31 Dec 2023

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Technology: Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
Age: 52 years since 1974
Unused energy: 3,446 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 9,748 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region WECC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 230 Transmission owner Portland General Electric Co Balancing authority code PGE Balancing authority name Portland General Electric Company
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110006858604 Subparts reported C NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1002488
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	18,562,994
Capacity factor, 2025	0.356
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	9,748.5
Net generation (MWh), 2025	1,904,190
Balancing authority code	PGE

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