Morrow Point

OperatingHydro

Ranked #3 of 49 Hydro plants in CO#111 of 1454 nationally

173.2 MW Hydro operating in Montrose, CO — Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region

EIAGEMWD

173.2 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1970

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

38.4518, -107.5393

County

Montrose, CO

Nearby Plants

Crystal
Hydro28 MW · 9.9 km
Blue Mesa
Hydro86.4 MW · 17.6 km
South Canal Hydro-1
Hydro4 MW · 19.1 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	U S Bureau of Reclamation	US Bureau of Reclamation	United States Bureau of Reclamation
Owner(s)	U S Bureau of Reclamation	US Bureau of Reclamation [100%]	United States Bureau of Reclamation
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as US Bureau of Reclamation [100%]

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

About

Morrow Point Dam is a 468-foot-tall (143 m) concrete double-arch dam on the Gunnison River located in Colorado, the first dam of its type built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Located in the upper Black Canyon of the Gunnison, it creates Morrow Point Reservoir, and is within the National Park Service-operated Curecanti National Recreation Area. The dam is between the Blue Mesa Dam (upstream) and the Crystal Dam (downstream). Morrow Point Dam and reservoir are part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Wayne N. Aspinall Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project, which retains the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries for agricultural and municipal use in the American Southwest. The dam's primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation.

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Morrow Point is a hydroelectric power plant located in Montrose County, Colorado. The plant has a total capacity of 173.2 MW and began operating in 1970. It is owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The plant utilizes conventional hydroelectric technology with water (WAT) as its primary fuel source. Morrow Point is composed of two generators.

In the most recent year of reported data, Morrow Point generated 309,764 MWh of electricity, resulting in a capacity factor of 20.3%. The plant operates within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region and is under the balancing authority of the Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region. Morrow Point ranks as the 3rd largest hydroelectric plant out of 3 in Colorado, and 111th out of 194 nationally.

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