ID · US STATE

Idaho
power plants.

Idaho has 138 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 4.9 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on hydro — 45.3% of tracked capacity, with natural gas second at 25.6%. The largest plant we track is Dworshak (465 MW, online since 1974).

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138 Tracked plants

4.9 GW Tracked capacity

Hydro Leading fuel

10 Fuel types

Idaho electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Hydro 45.3% 2.2 GW Natural Gas 25.6% 1.2 GW Wind 20% 1 GW Solar 5% 0.2 GW Biomass 2.6% 0.1 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.5% 0 GW Geothermal 0.4% 0 GW Cogeneration 0.3% 0 GW Coal 0.2% 0 GW Oil 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Idaho

01 Dworshak Hydro · 1974 465 MW 02 Langley Gulch Power Plant Natural Gas · 2012 319 MW 03 Rathdrum Power LLC Natural Gas · 2001 302 MW 04 Evander Andrews Power Complex Natural Gas · 2005 271 MW 05 Cabinet Gorge Hydro · 1952 265 MW 06 Oxbow (OR) Hydro · 1961 190 MW 07 Palisades Dam Hydro · 1957 176 MW 08 Bennett Mountain Natural Gas · 2004 173 MW 09 Rathdrum Natural Gas · 1994 166 MW 10 Goshen Phase II Wind · 2010 125 MW 11 Meadow Creek Project Company Wind · 2013 120 MW 12 Clearwater Paper IPP Lewiston Biomass · 1983 114 MW

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Idaho get its electricity?

Across the 138 plants we track in Idaho, capacity is led by hydro at 45.3%, then natural gas at 25.6%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Idaho?

The largest plant in our Idaho catalog is Dworshak, a hydro facility with 465 MW (commissioned 1974).

How many power plants are in Idaho?

Our catalog tracks 138 power plants in Idaho totalling 4.9 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Idahopower plants.

Idaho electricity mix

Largest plants in Idaho

Frequently asked questions

Idaho
power plants.