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Big Thompson — Power plant · Hydro · U S Bureau of Reclamation
  • Clean firm
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Big Thompson

Power plant · Hydro

Key facts

Power plant · Hydroran 8% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1959
Net generation, 2025
3,257 MWh
Grid
14 kV to WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration (WACM)
Location
Larimer County, Colorado
Operated by
U S Bureau of ReclamationSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Operations detail

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Technology
Hydro source: “Conventional Hydroelectric”
Age
67 years since 1959
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
13.80
Transmission owner
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Balancing authority code
WACM
Balancing authority name
Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202511,383
Capacity factor, 20250.083
Net generation (MWh), 20253,257
Balancing authority codeWACM

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

3 sources

Sources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

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