ID
Black Canyon
General information | |
| Waterway |
Payette River |
| Current status | Active |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Intermediate Peaking |
| Type of permit | Reclamation |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Reclamation Pacific Northwest Region (PN) |
| Owner type | Reclamation |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1925 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Bonneville Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 2 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 10.2 mW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 62,334.4 mWH |
News and updates
From Idaho Rivers United6/20/2022
“The Grand Salmon” team welcomed by Nez Perce in Lewiston, where the Snake River ‘is dead.’
From California Sportfishing Protection Alliance6/20/2022