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Mount Elbert — Power plant · Pumped hydro storage · U S Bureau of Reclamation
  • Storage
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Mount Elbert

Power plant · Pumped hydro storage

Key facts

Power plant · Pumped hydro storage Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1981
Net generation, 2025
-24,138 MWh
Grid
230 kV to WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration (WACM)
Location
Lake County, Colorado
Operated by
U S Bureau of ReclamationSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Pumped hydro storage source: “Hydroelectric Pumped Storage”
Age
45 years since 1981
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000603910
Location id
L100000603872
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
230
Transmission owner
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Balancing authority code
WACM
Balancing authority name
Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20250
Net generation (MWh), 2025-24,138
Balancing authority codeWACM
Data notes (1)
  • Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation -24138.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

4 sources

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

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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