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Thompson Falls — Power plant · Hydro · NorthWestern Energy (MT Hydro)
  • Clean firm
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Thompson Falls

Power plant · Hydro

Key facts

Power plant · Hydroran 51% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1915
Net generation, 2025
439,753 MWh
Grid
115 kV to NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) (NWMT)
Location
Sanders County, Montana
Operated by
NorthWestern Energy (MT Hydro)SourceEIA-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
111 years since 1915
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000603982
Location id
L100000603944
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
115
Transmission owner
NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)
Balancing authority code
NWMT
Balancing authority name
NorthWestern Energy (NWMT)
Eia status
By code
OP
Mw
91.10
Units
6
OS
Mw
7
Units
1
Standby mw
0
Status rule
some_units_idle
In service mw
98.10
Out of service mw
7
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20251,500,438
Capacity factor, 20250.512
Net generation (MWh), 2025439,753
Balancing authority codeNWMT

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

4 sources

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

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
  • EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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