NM
Elephant Butte
General information | |
Waterway | Rio Grande |
Current status | Active  |
Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
Mode of hydropower generation | Run-of-river |
Type of permit | Reclamation |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Reclamation Upper Colorado Region (UC) |
Owner type | Reclamation |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1940 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 3 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 27.9 mW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 41,525.2 mWH |
News and updates
From Trout Unlimited2/26/2021
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