Box Canyon

OperatingHydro

Ranked #25 of 75 Hydro plants in WA#207 of 1454 nationally

90 MW Hydro operating in Pend Oreille, WA — Avista Corporation

EIAGEMWD

90 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1955

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

48.7809, -117.4183

County

Pend Oreille, WA

Nearby Plants

Boundary
Hydro1159.7 MW · 23.5 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	PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County	Pend Oreille County Public Utility District	—
Owner(s)	PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County	Pend Oreille County Public Utility District [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Pend Oreille County Public Utility District [100%]

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

About

Box Canyon Dam is a gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Pend Oreille River, in northeastern Washington state in the United States.

Read more on Wikipedia

Box Canyon is a 90 MW hydroelectric power plant located in Pend Oreille County, Washington. The plant began operating in 1955 and consists of four generators utilizing conventional hydroelectric technology. It is owned and operated by PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County. The plant's primary fuel source is water (WAT).

In the most recent year with available data, Box Canyon generated 464,136 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 58.7%. The plant operates within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region, and its balancing authority is Avista Corporation. Box Canyon ranks as the 25th largest power plant out of 75 in Washington, and 209th out of 1464 nationally.

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