AZ
Horse Mesa
General information | |
| Waterway |
Salt River |
| Current status | Active license |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro, Pumped Storage |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Peaking |
| Type of permit | Transferred |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | Salt River Valley Water User's Association |
| Owner type | Publicly Owned Utility |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1927 |
| Year first online (pumped storage) | 1972 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Salt River Project |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 4 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 29.7 MW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 36,537.0 MWH |
| Total capacity from pumped storage turbine-generator units | 99.8 MW |
| Pumped storage gross generation in megawatt hours for each powerplant | 152,693.9 MWH |
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