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Hoover Dam
General information | |
| Waterway | Lake Mead - Colorado River |
| Current status | Active |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Intermediate Peaking |
| Type of permit | Reclamation |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Reclamation Lower Colorado Region (LC) |
| Owner type | Reclamation |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1936 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 9 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 1,039.4 mW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 2,022,887.8 mWH |
