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Enter your address below to find every hydroelectric power plant within 25 miles. Full capacity, generation, and emissions data from federal EIA and EPA releases.
About Hydroelectric power Hydroelectric plants spin turbines using falling or flowing water — typically from a dam-impounded reservoir. They are dispatchable, long-lived, and emission-free at the point of generation, though large reservoirs can disrupt rivers and ecosystems and methane can be released from flooded vegetation.
Largest plants in the U.S. Plant State Fuel Capacity Grand Coulee Washington Hydroelectric 6,809 MW Bath County Virginia Hydroelectric 2,862 MW Chief Joseph Washington Hydroelectric 2,456 MW Robert Moses Niagara New York Hydroelectric 2,429 MW John Day Oregon Hydroelectric 2,160 MW Ludington Michigan Hydroelectric 1,979 MW The Dalles Oregon Hydroelectric 1,820 MW Raccoon Mountain Tennessee Hydroelectric 1,714 MW Castaic California Hydroelectric 1,682 MW Bad Creek South Carolina Hydroelectric 1,584 MW Glen Canyon Dam Arizona Hydroelectric 1,312 MW Rocky Reach Washington Hydroelectric 1,300 MW Wanapum Washington Hydroelectric 1,220 MW Northfield Mountain Massachusetts Hydroelectric 1,168 MW Bonneville Oregon Hydroelectric 1,162 MW Boundary Washington Hydroelectric 1,119 MW Muddy Run Pennsylvania Hydroelectric 1,072 MW Helms Pumped Storage California Hydroelectric 1,053 MW Hoover Dam (Nv) Nevada Hydroelectric 1,039 MW Hoover Dam (Az) Arizona Hydroelectric 1,039 MW Blenheim Gilboa New York Hydroelectric 1,000 MW Mcnary Oregon Hydroelectric 991 MW Priest Rapids Washington Hydroelectric 950 MW Robert Moses Power Dam New York Hydroelectric 912 MW Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Georgia Hydroelectric 848 MW
Browse by state Alaska 33 plants 490 MW Alabama 24 plants 3,318 MW Arkansas 19 plants 1,350 MW Arizona 13 plants 2,912 MW California 267 plants 13,803 MW Colorado 50 plants 1,187 MW Connecticut 15 plants 165 MW Florida 2 plants 43 MW Georgia 31 plants 3,596 MW Hawaii 8 plants 34 MW Iowa 4 plants 184 MW Idaho 77 plants 2,696 MW Illinois 10 plants 146 MW Indiana 6 plants 107 MW Kansas 1 plants 7 MW Kentucky 14 plants 1,099 MW Louisiana 2 plants 192 MW Massachusetts 33 plants 2,103 MW Maryland 2 plants 550 MW Maine 56 plants 785 MW Michigan 53 plants 2,344 MW Minnesota 24 plants 218 MW Missouri 8 plants 1,106 MW Mississippi 4 plants 0 MW Montana 24 plants 2,681 MW North Carolina 40 plants 2,054 MW North Dakota 1 plants 583 MW Nebraska 10 plants 329 MW New Hampshire 32 plants 530 MW New Jersey 3 plants 467 MW New Mexico 4 plants 81 MW Nevada 6 plants 1,052 MW New York 169 plants 5,923 MW Ohio 11 plants 128 MW Oklahoma 11 plants 1,083 MW Oregon 69 plants 8,473 MW Pennsylvania 28 plants 2,429 MW Rhode Island 2 plants 2 MW South Carolina 35 plants 4,298 MW South Dakota 4 plants 1,648 MW Tennessee 29 plants 4,218 MW Texas 24 plants 736 MW Utah 32 plants 264 MW Virginia 25 plants 3,931 MW Vermont 46 plants 335 MW Washington 80 plants 21,599 MW Wisconsin 62 plants 530 MW West Virginia 15 plants 370 MW Wyoming 16 plants 303 MW