WA
Lower Monumental
General information | |
Waterway |
Snake River |
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) | 1969 |
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 | 2,248,644.7 mWH |
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