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Short Mountain
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomassran 89% of 2025 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1992
- Net generation, 2025
- 25,019 MWh
- Grid
- 21 kV to Emerald People's Utility Dist (PACW)
- Location
- Lane County, Oregon
- Operated by
- Emerald People's Utility Dist
Output
- Biomass and waste
Details
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- Technology
- Biomass source: “Landfill Gas”
- Age
- 34 years since 1992
- Heat rate
- 13,936 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 348,668 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.892 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 13,936.1 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 25,019 |
| Balancing authority code | PACW |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Next scheduled retirement
- December 2027
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 3.2 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 4
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 100%
- Capacity still in service
- 3.2 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 2 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 3 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
| 4 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2027 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 21 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Emerald People's Utility Dist
- Balancing authority
- PacifiCorp - West
- NERC region
- WECC
Transmission lines within 15 mi (3)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald People's Utility Dist | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| COUNTY OF LANE OREGON | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Units 1, 2, 3, 4 scheduled to retire, 3.2 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- LBNLYin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)