WA
Lower Granite
General information | |
| Waterway |
Snake And Columbia Rivers |
| Current status | Active |
| Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
| Mode of hydropower generation | Run-of-river |
| Type of permit | US Army Corps of Engineers |
Ownership and operation | |
| Owner | USCE-North Pacific Division |
| Owner type | USACE |
| Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1975 |
| Transmission or distribution system owner | Bonneville Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
| Number of units | 6 |
| Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 810.0 mW |
| Average annual net hydropower generation | 2,187,697.6 mWH |
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