Bonneville Power Administration

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Bonneville Power Administration is ranked #16 out of 66 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Bonneville Power Administration
States	Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming
Last Update	May 2024
Annual Generation	78.4 TWh
Power Plants	155
Utilities	96
Ranked #16 out of 66 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #1 out of 47 in terms of annual generation from water
Power Plant Types	Water \| 70.7% Nuclear \| 11.5% Wind \| 7.9% Natural Gas \| 7.7% Other Fuel \| 1.9% Solar \| 0.4%

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Daily Net Generation for Bonneville Power Administration for the past 3 Years

Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Albeni Falls	USACE Northwestern Division	Oldtown, ID	167 GWh	Apr 1955	Dec 2022	Water
Alkali Solar, LLC	NES Euryalus	Silver Lake, OR	26 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
Anderson Ranch	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Mountain Home, ID	66 GWh	Nov 1950	Dec 2022	Water
Arlington Microgrid	PUD 1 of Snohomish County	Arlington, WA	641 MWh	May 2019	Dec 2022	Solar
Arlington Wind Power Project	Arlington Wind Power Project LLC	Arlington, OR	208 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2022	Wind
Big Cliff	USACE Northwestern Division	Gates, OR	97 GWh	Nov 1954	Dec 2022	Water
Black Canyon	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Emmet, ID	59 GWh	Nov 1925	Dec 2022	Water
Bonneville	USACE Northwestern Division	Cascade Locks, OR	4 TWh	Jun 1938	Feb 2024	Water
Carmen Smith	Eugene Water & Electric Board	McKenzie Bridge, OR	221 GWh	Dec 1962	Dec 2022	Water
Chandler	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Benton City, WA	63 GWh	Jan 1956	Dec 2022	Water
Chehalis Generating Facility	PacifiCorp	Chehalis, WA	2 TWh	Jul 2003	Feb 2024	Natural Gas
Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project	Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc	Chester, ID	7 GWh	Apr 2014	Feb 2024	Water
Chief Joseph	USACE Northwestern Division	Bridgeport, WA	10 TWh	Aug 1955	Feb 2024	Water
Coastal Energy Project	Coastal Community Action Program	Aberdeen, WA	11 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2022	Wind
Coffin Butte	Pacific Northwest Generating Coop	Corvallis, OR	43 GWh	Sep 1995	Dec 2022	Landfill Gas
Columbia Generating Station	Energy Northwest	Richland, WA	9 TWh	Nov 1984	Feb 2024	Nuclear
Condon Windpower LLC	Allete Clean Energy	Condon, OR	74 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2022	Wind
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant	Cosmo Specialty Fibers	Cosmopolis, WA	106 GWh	Dec 1956	Dec 2022	Wood Waste Liquids, excluding Black Liquor : 70.9% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 15.7% Residual Fuel Oil : 13.4%
Cougar	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	86 GWh	Feb 1964	Dec 2022	Water
Cowlitz Falls	PUD No 1 of Lewis County	Randle, WA	262 GWh	May 1994	Dec 2022	Water
Coyote Springs II	Avista Corp	Boardman, OR	2 TWh	Jun 2003	Feb 2024	Natural Gas
Dalles Dam North Fishway Project	Northern Wasco County PUD	The Dalles, OR	45 GWh	Apr 1991	Dec 2022	Water
Darrington	Hampton Lumber Mills - Washington Inc	Darrington, WA	18 GWh	Jan 2007	Dec 2022	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
Detroit	USACE Northwestern Division	Mill City, OR	205 GWh	Jun 1953	Dec 2022	Water
Dexter	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	57 GWh	May 1955	Dec 2022	Water
Dworshak	USACE Northwestern Division	Ahsahka, ID	2 TWh	Aug 1974	Dec 2022	Water
Eltopia Branch Canal 4.6	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Pasco, WA	9 GWh	Apr 1983	Dec 2022	Water
Eurus Combine Hills Turbine Ranch 2	Eurus Combine Hills II LLC	Milton Freewater, OR	146 GWh	Dec 2009	Dec 2022	Wind
Falls River Hydro	Marysville Hydro Partners	Ashton, ID	41 GWh	Jul 1993	Dec 2022	Water
Finley Buttes Landfill Gas	Finley BioEnergy LLC	Boardman, OR	40 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2022	Landfill Gas
Flathead Landfill to Gas Energy Facility	Flathead Electric Coop Inc	Kalispell, MT	10 GWh	May 2009	Dec 2022	Landfill Gas
Fort Rock I	Fort Rock Solar I, LLC	Silver Lake, OR	24 GWh	Feb 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
Fort Rock IV	Fort Rock Solar IV LLC	Fort Rock, OR	21 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
Foster	USACE Northwestern Division	Foster, OR	61 GWh	Aug 1968	Dec 2022	Water
FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (OR)	FPL Energy Vansycle LLC	Touchet, OR	242 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2022	Wind
FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (WA)	FPL Energy Vansycle LLC	Touchet, WA	354 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2022	Wind
Frederickson Power LP	Frederickson Power LP	Tacoma, WA	1 TWh	Jul 2002	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
Georgia-Pacific Toledo Mill	Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC	Toledo, OR	21 GWh	Jan 2007	Dec 2022	Black Liquor : 53.4% Natural Gas : 46.6%
Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill	Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC-Wauna	Clatskanie, OR	200 GWh	Jan 1996	Feb 2024	Black Liquor : 54.8% Natural Gas : 34.0% Other Biomass Solids : 11.2%
Goodnoe Hills	PacifiCorp	Goldendale, WA	294 GWh	May 2008	Dec 2022	Wind
Grand Coulee	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Grand Coulee, WA	16 TWh	Feb 1941	Feb 2024	Water
Grays Harbor Energy Facility	Invenergy Services LLC	Elma, WA	4 TWh	Apr 2008	Feb 2024	Natural Gas
Green Peter	USACE Northwestern Division	Foster, OR	243 GWh	Jun 1967	Dec 2022	Water
Green Springs	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Columbia Falls, OR	21 GWh	Apr 1960	Dec 2022	Water
H M Jackson	PUD 1 of Snohomish County	Sultan, WA	459 GWh	May 1984	Dec 2022	Water
Harvest Wind Project	Harvest Wind Project TIC	Roosevelt, WA	260 GWh	Nov 2009	Dec 2022	Wind
Hills Creek	USACE Northwestern Division	Oakridge, OR	92 GWh	Jan 1962	Dec 2022	Water
Hopkins Ridge Wind	Puget Sound Energy Inc	Dayton, WA	358 GWh	Oct 2005	Feb 2024	Wind
Horn Rapids Solar, Storage and Training	Energy Northwest	Richland, WA	6 GWh	Sep 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
Horse Butte Wind I, LLC	Utah Associated Mun Power Sys	Iona, ID	177 GWh	Jul 2012	Dec 2022	Wind
Horseshoe Bend Wind LLC	Caithness Shepherds Flat LLC	Arlington, OR	651 GWh	Jun 2012	Feb 2024	Wind
Hungry Horse	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Columbia Falls, MT	1 TWh	Sep 1952	Dec 2022	Water
Ice Harbor	USACE Northwestern Division	Burbank, WA	2 TWh	Dec 1961	Feb 2024	Water
IP Springfield Oregon	International Paper Corporation - Springfield	Springfield, OR	95 GWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2022	Black Liquor : 79.2% Natural Gas : 20.8%
Island Park	Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc	Island Park, ID	14 GWh	Mar 1994	Dec 2022	Water
John Day	USACE Northwestern Division	Rufus, OR	7 TWh	Jul 1968	Feb 2024	Water
Leaning Juniper	PacifiCorp	Arlington, OR	273 GWh	Sep 2006	Dec 2022	Wind
Libby	USACE Northwestern Division	Libby, MT	2 TWh	Jul 1975	Dec 2022	Water
Lilliwaup Falls Generating	William G. Reed Jr	Lilliwaup, WA	6 GWh	Apr 1986	Dec 2022	Water
Linden Wind Energy Project	Los Angeles Department of Water & Power	Goldendale, WA	131 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2022	Wind
Little Goose	USACE Northwestern Division	Dayton, WA	2 TWh	Mar 1970	Feb 2024	Water
Longview Fibre	Longview Fibre Co	Longview, WA	229 GWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2022	Black Liquor : 59.3% Natural Gas : 22.2% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 18.5%
Lookout Point	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	225 GWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2022	Water
Lower Granite	USACE Northwestern Division	Pomeroy, WA	2 TWh	Mar 1975	Feb 2024	Water
Lower Monumental	USACE Northwestern Division	Kahlotus, WA	2 TWh	May 1969	Feb 2024	Water
Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project	Puget Sound Energy Inc	Pomeroy, WA	766 GWh	Jan 2012	Feb 2024	Wind
McKinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill	McKinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill	Port Angeles, WA	11 GWh	Sep 2013	Dec 2022	Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 99.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.6%
McNary	USACE Northwestern Division	Umatilla, OR	5 TWh	Nov 1953	Dec 2022	Water
McNary Dam Fish Attraction Project	Northern Wasco County PUD	Plymouth, WA	66 GWh	Oct 1997	Dec 2022	Water
Middle Fork Irrigation District	Middle Fork Irrigation Dist	Parkdale, OR	26 GWh	Feb 1986	Dec 2022	Water
Minidoka	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Rupert, ID	95 GWh	May 1927	Dec 2022	Water
Moyie Springs	City of Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs, ID	25 GWh	Nov 1921	Dec 2022	Water
Nine Canyon	Energy Northwest	Kennewick, WA	223 GWh	Aug 2002	Dec 2022	Wind
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview WA	Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.	Longview, WA	311 GWh	Dec 1947	Feb 2024	Black Liquor : 47.6% Natural Gas : 22.3% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 18.2% Subbituminous Coal : 8.4% Sludge Waste : 2.9% Residual Fuel Oil : 0.6%
North Hurlburt Wind LLC	Caithness Shepherds Flat LLC	Arlington, OR	618 GWh	Jan 2012	Feb 2024	Wind
Orchard Windfarm 2, LLC	Orchard Windfarm, LLC	Lexington, OR	18 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2022	Wind
Orchard Windfarm 3, LLC	Orchard Windfarm, LLC	Lexington, OR	18 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2022	Wind
Oregon State University Energy Center	Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	39 GWh	May 2010	Feb 2024	Natural Gas
Outback Solar At Christmas Valley	Outback Solar, LLC	Christmas Valley, OR	10 GWh	Sep 2012	Dec 2022	Solar
Packwood	Energy Northwest	Packwood, WA	98 GWh	Mar 1964	Dec 2022	Water
Palisades Dam	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Palisades, ID	591 GWh	Jan 1957	Dec 2022	Water
PaTu Wind Farm LLC	PaTu Wind Farm LLC	Wasco, OR	28 GWh	Nov 2010	Dec 2022	Wind
Port Townsend Paper	Port Townsend Paper Co	Port Townsend, WA	34 GWh	Dec 1928	Dec 2021	Black Liquor : 45.3% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 35.8% Natural Gas : 10.8% Waste/Other Oil : 7.7%
POTB Digester	Tillamook BioGas, LLC Digester	Tillamook, OR	2 GWh	Oct 2013	Dec 2022	Other Biomass Gas
Potholes East Canal 66.0	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Pasco, WA	7 GWh	Feb 1985	Dec 2022	Water
Priest Rapids	PUD No 2 of Grant County	Mattawa, WA	4 TWh	Sep 1959	Feb 2024	Water
Raft River Geothermal Power Plant	US Geothermal Inc.	Malta, ID	101 GWh	Dec 2007	Dec 2022	Geothermal
Riley	Riley Solar I LLC	Riley, OR	23 GWh	Jun 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
River Road Gen Plant	PUD No 1 of Clark County - (WA)	Vancouver, WA	2 TWh	Nov 1997	Feb 2024	Natural Gas
Riverbend Landfill	WM Renewable Energy LLC	McMinnville, OR	29 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2022	Landfill Gas
Rock Garden Solar, LLC	NES Euryalus	Fort Rock, OR	25 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2022	Solar
Roza	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Yakima, WA	57 GWh	Jul 1958	Dec 2022	Water
Russell D Smith	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Othello, WA	13 GWh	Aug 1982	Dec 2022	Water
Sagebrush Power Partners	Sagebrush Power Partners, LLC	Ellensburg, WA	280 GWh	Oct 2010	Dec 2022	Wind
Seneca Sustainable Energy LLC	Seneca Sustainable Energy LLC	Eugene, OR	156 GWh	Mar 2011	Dec 2022	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
Sierra Pacific Aberdeen	Sierra Pacific Industries	Aberdeen, WA	128 GWh	Feb 2003	Dec 2022	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
Skookumchuck	TransAlta Centralia Gen LLC	Tenino, WA	5 GWh	Aug 1990	Dec 2022	Water
Smith Falls Hydro Project	Smith Creek Hydro, LLC	Bonners Ferry, ID	67 GWh	Nov 1989	Dec 2022	Water
South Hurlburt Wind LLC	Caithness Shepherds Flat LLC	Arlington, OR	654 GWh	Jun 2012	Feb 2024	Wind
Starvation	Starvation Solar I, LLC	Hines, OR	24 GWh	Nov 2019	Dec 2022	Solar

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#42	Avangrid Renewables, LLC	8.4 TWh	19
#58	City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division	2.2 TWh	9
#32	Gridforce Energy Management, LLC	16.6 TWh	1
#49	PacifiCorp West	5.2 TWh	125
#44	Portland General Electric Company	7.8 TWh	91
#46	Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County	7.0 TWh	3
#45	Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington	7.6 TWh	4
#54	PUD No. 1 of Douglas County	3.4 TWh	2
#40	Puget Sound Energy, Inc.	8.5 TWh	36
#50	Seattle City Light	4.7 TWh	9

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	156.6 TWh	150
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	144.8 TWh	155
#12	New York Independent System Operator	128.5 TWh	983
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	109.0 TWh	547
#15	ISO New England	99.3 TWh	1,365
#16	Bonneville Power Administration	78.4 TWh	155
#17	Duke Energy Progress East	62.7 TWh	544
#18	Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District	58.2 TWh	42
#19	PacifiCorp East	52.1 TWh	199
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	47.2 TWh	183