Flaming Gorge

OperatingHydro

Ranked #2 of 30 Hydro plants in UT#131 of 1454 nationally

151.8 MW Hydro operating in Daggett, UT — Western Area Power Administration UGP West

EIAGEMWD

151.8 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1963

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.9146, -109.4217

County

Daggett, UT

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

Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam is a major component of the Colorado River Storage Project, which stores and distributes upper Colorado River Basin water.

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Flaming Gorge is a hydroelectric power plant located in Daggett County, Utah. The plant has a total capacity of 151.8 MW consisting of 3 generators utilizing conventional hydroelectric technology. It began operating in 1963 and is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The plant's primary fuel source is water (WAT).

In the most recent year with available data, Flaming Gorge generated 407,932 MWh of electricity, resulting in a capacity factor of 30.6%. The plant operates within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region and is under the balancing authority of the Western Area Power Administration UGP West. Flaming Gorge is ranked as the 2nd largest hydroelectric plant in Utah and 131st nationally out of 194 plants.

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