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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Waddell
Power plant · Pumped hydro storage
Key facts
Power plant · Pumped hydro storage Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1993
- Net generation, 2025
- -18,727 MWh
- Grid
- 230 kV to Arizona Public Service Co (WALC)
- Location
- Maricopa County, Arizona
- Operated by
- Central Arizona Water Conservation Dist
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- Technology
- Pumped hydro storage source: “Hydroelectric Pumped Storage”
- Age
- 33 years since 1993
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
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| Grid |
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| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 0 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | -18,727 |
| Balancing authority code | WALC |
Data notes (1)
- Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation -18727.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Arizona Water Conservation Dist | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| U S Bureau of Reclamation | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal 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.
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Bloom Under construction | Storage | 10.2 mi | 150 |
Sources EIA-860M