Power generation capacity by source in the western US
Images are from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's interactive map.
The hydroelectric marker for Grand Coulee Dam is not to scale. It should be larger. If drawn to scale it would dwarf the nearby markers.
According to the overview, the map does not include small producers in order to limit the number of markers. For the following sources, only producers above the specified cutoffs are shown:
- Hydropower: above 5 MW (Idaho) or 20 MW (other)
- Natural Gas & Wind: above 10 MW
- Biomass: above 1 MW
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Is there a reason Hoover dam isn't on there? With a capacity of around 2000MW it should be a pretty big circle, but it isn't even listed in the drop down menus.
Good catch. That's a major omission. I don't know why it isn't included.
Glenn Canyon Dam is missing, too.
I emailed the map's maintainer about the omissions and he said he'll look into it.
Have you seen it lately? The Colorado River barely even reaches it anymore. The reservoir is like 300 feet lower than it was designed to run at.
As of July 2023 production is down 35%, but its definitely still operating and producing significant amounts of power.
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Hoover Dam is on the Arizona/Nevada border, not in Washington.
In central CA we're paying up to like $0.50 per kWh 🥲
I pay .15$, but I’m also in the middle of nowhere OK.
Similar for me in the upper midwest.
Yeah, it’s killing me slowly. I can’t afford solar, I keep my AC at 78 during the day when I’m home and off entirely overnight, I never turn lights on in the house, and I cook only with natural gas or charcoal and I’m still facing $400/mo from May to October.
I hit the “peak billing rate” for PG&E on the third day of the billing cycle each month and they say I just need to fork over cash for solar or reduce my energy further.
I just need a few more years off on my mortgage and I’m going to have to sell and move back to the Southeast, I guess.
I don't know how we haven't just passed a voter initiatives to get rid of pge. Enough people claim to hate them but we can't make any changes