Bonneville Power Administration

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Bonneville Power Administration is ranked #16 out of 65 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Bonneville Power Administration
States	Idaho Montana Oregon Washington Wyoming
Last Update	Nov 2024
Annual Generation	80.0 TWh
Power Plants	158
Utilities	97
Ranked #16 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #1 out of 47 in terms of annual generation from water
Power Plant Types	Water \| 70.1% Nuclear \| 12.2% Wind \| 8.3% Natural Gas \| 7.1% Other Fuel \| 1.7% Solar \| 0.3%

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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
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant	Cosmo Specialty Fibers	Cosmopolis, WA	100 GWh	Dec 1956	Dec 2022	Wood Waste Liquids, excluding Black Liquor : 71.5% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 15.8% Residual Fuel Oil : 12.7%
Russell D Smith	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Othello, WA	17 GWh	Aug 1982	Oct 2023	Water
Eltopia Branch Canal 4.6	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Pasco, WA	10 GWh	Apr 1983	Oct 2023	Water
Potholes East Canal 66.0	Columbia Basin Hydropower	Pasco, WA	7 GWh	Feb 1985	Oct 2023	Water
Chandler	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Benton City, WA	51 GWh	Jan 1956	Nov 2023	Water
Dworshak	USACE Northwestern Division	Ahsahka, ID	1 TWh	Aug 1974	Dec 2023	Water
Palisades Dam	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Palisades, ID	565 GWh	Jan 1957	Dec 2023	Water
Albeni Falls	USACE Northwestern Division	Oldtown, ID	164 GWh	Apr 1955	Dec 2023	Water
Hungry Horse	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Columbia Falls, MT	650 GWh	Sep 1952	Dec 2023	Water
Carmen Smith	Eugene Water & Electric Board	McKenzie Bridge, OR	189 GWh	Dec 1962	Dec 2023	Water
Walterville	Eugene Water & Electric Board	Springfield, OR	53 GWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2023	Water
Big Cliff	USACE Northwestern Division	Gates, OR	76 GWh	Nov 1954	Dec 2023	Water
Cougar	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	48 GWh	Feb 1964	Dec 2023	Water
Detroit	USACE Northwestern Division	Mill City, OR	163 GWh	Jun 1953	Dec 2023	Water
Dexter	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	45 GWh	May 1955	Dec 2023	Water
Green Peter	USACE Northwestern Division	Foster, OR	97 GWh	Jun 1967	Dec 2023	Water
Hills Creek	USACE Northwestern Division	Oakridge, OR	74 GWh	Jan 1962	Dec 2023	Water
Lookout Point	USACE Northwestern Division	Lowell, OR	117 GWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2023	Water
McNary	USACE Northwestern Division	Umatilla, OR	4 TWh	Nov 1953	Dec 2023	Water
Yelm	City of Centralia - (WA)	Yelm, WA	26 GWh	Nov 1930	Dec 2023	Water
Packwood	Energy Northwest	Packwood, WA	60 GWh	Mar 1964	Dec 2023	Water
Island Park	Fall River Rural Elec Coop Inc	Island Park, ID	16 GWh	Mar 1994	Dec 2023	Water
Libby	USACE Northwestern Division	Libby, MT	2 TWh	Jul 1975	Dec 2023	Water
Strawberry Creek	Lower Valley Energy Inc	Bedford, WY	9 GWh	Jul 1940	Dec 2023	Water
Swift Creek	Lower Valley Energy Inc	Afton, WY	6 GWh	Mar 2009	Dec 2023	Water
Anderson Ranch	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Mountain Home, ID	122 GWh	Nov 1950	Dec 2023	Water
Black Canyon	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Emmet, ID	57 GWh	Nov 1925	Dec 2023	Water
Minidoka	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Rupert, ID	59 GWh	May 1927	Dec 2023	Water
Green Springs	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Columbia Falls, OR	33 GWh	Apr 1960	Dec 2023	Water
Roza	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Yakima, WA	54 GWh	Jul 1958	Dec 2023	Water
Moyie Springs	City of Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs, ID	16 GWh	Nov 1921	Dec 2023	Water
Foster	USACE Northwestern Division	Foster, OR	62 GWh	Aug 1968	Dec 2023	Water
Skookumchuck	TransAlta Centralia Gen LLC	Tenino, WA	3 GWh	Aug 1990	Dec 2023	Water
Cowlitz Falls	PUD No 1 of Lewis County	Randle, WA	190 GWh	May 1994	Dec 2023	Water
Dalles Dam North Fishway Project	Northern Wasco County PUD	The Dalles, OR	42 GWh	Apr 1991	Dec 2023	Water
McNary Dam Fish Attraction Project	Northern Wasco County PUD	Plymouth, WA	74 GWh	Oct 1997	Dec 2023	Water
H M Jackson	PUD No 1 of Snohomish County	Sultan, WA	298 GWh	May 1984	Dec 2023	Water
Coffin Butte	Pacific Northwest Generating Coop	Corvallis, OR	42 GWh	Sep 1995	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Nine Canyon	Energy Northwest	Kennewick, WA	195 GWh	Aug 2002	Dec 2023	Wind
IP Springfield Oregon	International Paper Corporation - Springfield	Springfield, OR	91 GWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2023	Black Liquor : 74.1% Natural Gas : 25.9%
Rocky Brook Hydroelectric	Rocky Brook Electric Inc	Brinnon, WA	219 MWh	Nov 1985	Dec 2023	Water
Twin Reservoirs	Walla Walla City of	Walla Walla, WA	8 GWh	Mar 1988	Dec 2023	Water
Port Townsend Paper	Port Townsend Paper Co	Port Townsend, WA	35 GWh	Dec 1928	Dec 2023	Black Liquor : 81.5% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 13.7% Natural Gas : 3.5% Waste/Other Oil : 1.3%
Lilliwaup Falls Generating	William G. Reed Jr	Lilliwaup, WA	6 GWh	Apr 1986	Dec 2023	Water
Middle Fork Irrigation District	Middle Fork Irrigation Dist	Parkdale, OR	20 GWh	Feb 1986	Dec 2023	Water
Smith Falls Hydro Project	Smith Creek Hydro, LLC	Bonners Ferry, ID	51 GWh	Nov 1989	Dec 2023	Water
Longview Fibre	Longview Fibre Co	Longview, WA	171 GWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2023	Black Liquor : 58.4% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 22.0% Natural Gas : 19.6%
Falls River Hydro	Marysville Hydro Partners	Ashton, ID	44 GWh	Jul 1993	Dec 2023	Water
Univ of Oregon Central Power Station	University of Oregon	Eugene, OR	528 MWh	Aug 2009	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 63.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 37.0%
Vansycle	ESI Vansycle Partners LP	Touchet, OR	62 GWh	Jul 1998	Dec 2023	Wind
FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (WA)	FPL Energy Vansycle LLC	Touchet, WA	331 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Condon Windpower LLC	ALLETE Clean Energy	Condon, OR	65 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Frederickson Power LP	Frederickson Power LP	Tacoma, WA	2 TWh	Jul 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Sierra Pacific Aberdeen	Sierra Pacific Industries	Aberdeen, WA	105 GWh	Feb 2003	Dec 2023	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (OR)	FPL Energy Vansycle LLC	Touchet, OR	230 GWh	Nov 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Raft River Geothermal Power Plant	US Geothermal Inc.	Malta, ID	89 GWh	Dec 2007	Dec 2023	Geothermal
Leaning Juniper	PacifiCorp	Arlington, OR	255 GWh	Sep 2006	Dec 2023	Wind
White Creek Wind Farm	White Creek Wind 1 LLC	Roosevelt, WA	447 GWh	Oct 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Goodnoe Hills	PacifiCorp	Goldendale, WA	224 GWh	May 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Tuolumne Wind Project	Turlock Irrigation District	Goldendale, WA	330 GWh	Apr 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Wheat Field Wind Power Project	Wheat Field Wind Power Project LLC	Arlington, OR	191 GWh	Jan 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Arlington Wind Power Project	Arlington Wind Power Project LLC	Arlington, OR	178 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Sagebrush Power Partners	Sagebrush Power Partners, LLC	Ellensburg, WA	255 GWh	Oct 2010	Dec 2023	Wind
Willow Creek Energy Center	Invenergy Services LLC	Lone, OR	140 GWh	Dec 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Riverbend Landfill	WM Renewable Energy LLC	McMinnville, OR	28 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Eurus Combine Hills Turbine Ranch 2	Eurus Combine Hills II LLC	Milton Freewater, OR	146 GWh	Dec 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Harvest Wind Project	Harvest Wind Project TIC	Roosevelt, WA	217 GWh	Nov 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Windy Flats Wind Project	Windy Flats Partners LLC	Centerville, WA	568 GWh	Sep 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Seneca Sustainable Energy LLC	Seneca Sustainable Energy LLC	Eugene, OR	130 GWh	Mar 2011	Dec 2023	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
PaTu Wind Farm LLC	PaTu Wind Farm LLC	Wasco, OR	26 GWh	Nov 2010	Dec 2023	Wind
Linden Wind Energy Project	Los Angeles Department of Water & Power	Goldendale, WA	117 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2023	Wind
Coastal Energy Project	Coastal Community Action Program	Aberdeen, WA	12 GWh	May 2010	Dec 2023	Wind
Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project	PUD No 1 of Snohomish County	Monroe, WA	15 GWh	Oct 2011	Dec 2023	Water
Horse Butte Wind I, LLC	Utah Associated Mun Power Sys	Iona, ID	149 GWh	Jul 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Darrington	Hampton Lumber Mills - Washington Inc	Darrington, WA	16 GWh	Jan 2007	Dec 2023	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
Georgia-Pacific Toledo Mill	Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC	Toledo, OR	60 GWh	Jan 2007	Dec 2023	Black Liquor : 59.6% Natural Gas : 40.4%
Outback Solar At Christmas Valley	Outback Solar, LLC	Christmas Valley, OR	7 GWh	Sep 2012	Dec 2023	Solar
McKinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill	McKinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill	Port Angeles, WA	36 GWh	Sep 2013	Dec 2023	Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 99.8%
POTB Digester	Tillamook BioGas, LLC Digester	Tillamook, OR	629 MWh	Oct 2013	Dec 2023	Other Biomass Gas
Finley Buttes Landfill Gas	Finley BioEnergy LLC	Boardman, OR	32 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Starvation	Starvation Solar I, LLC	Hines, OR	22 GWh	Nov 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
Fort Rock I	Fort Rock Solar I, LLC	Silver Lake, OR	24 GWh	Feb 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Suntex Solar, LLC	SC Oregon 2 Lessor Parent, LLC	Riley, OR	21 GWh	Jun 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Rock Garden Solar, LLC	SC Oregon 2 Lessor Parent, LLC	Fort Rock, OR	23 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Alkali Solar, LLC	SC Oregon 2 Lessor Parent, LLC	Silver Lake, OR	24 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
West Hines Solar I, LLC	SC Oregon 2 Lessor Parent, LLC	Hines, OR	23 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Riley	Riley Solar I LLC	Riley, OR	23 GWh	Jun 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Fort Rock IV	Fort Rock Solar IV LLC	Fort Rock, OR	23 GWh	May 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Orchard Windfarm 2, LLC	Orchard Windfarm, LLC	Lexington, OR	26 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2023	Wind
Orchard Windfarm 3, LLC	Orchard Windfarm, LLC	Lexington, OR	25 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2023	Wind
Horn Rapids Solar, Storage and Training	Energy Northwest	Richland, WA	7 GWh	Sep 2020	Dec 2023	Solar : 86.8% Electricity used for energy storage : 13.2%
Arlington Microgrid	PUD No 1 of Snohomish County	Arlington, WA	697 MWh	May 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
Flathead Landfill to Gas Energy Facility	Flathead Electric Coop Inc	Kalispell, MT	8 GWh	May 2009	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Columbia Generating Station	Energy Northwest	Richland, WA	10 TWh	Nov 1984	Aug 2024	Nuclear
Bonneville	USACE Northwestern Division	Cascade Locks, OR	3 TWh	Jun 1938	Aug 2024	Water
John Day	USACE Northwestern Division	Rufus, OR	7 TWh	Jul 1968	Aug 2024	Water
Transalta Centralia Generation	TransAlta Centralia Gen LLC	Centralia, WA	3 TWh	Nov 1972	Aug 2024	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Priest Rapids	PUD No 2 of Grant County	Mattawa, WA	4 TWh	Sep 1959	Aug 2024	Water
The Dalles	USACE Northwestern Division	The Dalles, OR	5 TWh	May 1957	Aug 2024	Water
Chief Joseph	USACE Northwestern Division	Bridgeport, WA	9 TWh	Aug 1955	Aug 2024	Water

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#40	Avangrid Renewables, LLC	9.1 TWh	19
#58	City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division	2.2 TWh	9
#30	Gridforce Energy Management, LLC	18.2 TWh	1
#49	PacifiCorp West	5.2 TWh	128
#44	Portland General Electric Company	7.8 TWh	95
#46	Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County	7.2 TWh	3
#43	Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington	7.9 TWh	4
#54	PUD No. 1 of Douglas County	3.5 TWh	2
#45	Puget Sound Energy, Inc.	7.7 TWh	36
#50	Seattle City Light	4.6 TWh	9

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	157.5 TWh	170
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	147.7 TWh	159
#12	New York Independent System Operator	130.0 TWh	1,100
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	110.9 TWh	556
#15	ISO New England	102.8 TWh	1,487
#16	Bonneville Power Administration	80.0 TWh	158
#17	Duke Energy Progress East	63.3 TWh	554
#18	Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District	59.0 TWh	45
#19	PacifiCorp East	52.6 TWh	204
#20	Duke Energy Florida, Inc.	45.6 TWh	92