Detroit

OperatingHydro

Ranked #11 of 63 Hydro plants in OR#190 of 1454 nationally

100 MW Hydro operating in Marion, OR — Bonneville Power Administration

EIAGEMWD

100 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1953

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

44.7224, -122.2511

County

Marion, OR

Nearby Plants

Big Cliff
Hydro18 MW · 4.1 km
Evergreen BioPower LLC
Wood Waste21 MW · 29.0 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	USACE Northwestern Division	US Army Corps of Engineers - Portland District	—
Owner(s)	USACE Northwestern Division	US Army Corps of Engineers - Portland District [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as US Army Corps of Engineers - Portland District [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Detroit Dam is a gravity dam on the North Santiam River between Linn County and Marion County, Oregon. It is located in the Cascades, about 5 mi (8.0 km) west of the city of Detroit. It was constructed between 1949 and 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dam created 400-foot (120 m) deep Detroit Lake, more than 9 miles (14 km) long with 32 miles (51 km) of shoreline.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Detroit hydroelectric plant is located in Marion County, Oregon. The plant has a total capacity of 100 MW across two generators, and it began operating in 1953. The primary fuel source is water (WAT), and the plant utilizes conventional hydroelectric technology. The owner and operator is the USACE Northwestern Division.

Detroit's latest annual generation was 219,705 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 25.1%. The plant operates within the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. Detroit ranks as the 11th largest power plant in Oregon out of 11 plants, and 192nd nationally out of 194 plants.

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