HOOVER DAM (NV)

How HOOVER DAM (NV) compares

With 1,039 MW of capacity, HOOVER DAM (NV) ranks 4th among the 50 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nevada and is the largest of the 5 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 99% of Nevada's operating Hydro capacity and 8.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 18th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1936, it is older than 91% of the 49 operating Nevada plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Clark County with 28 other operating plants, including CHUCK LENZIE GENERATING STATION and CLARK (NVE).

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 1,039 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 1,532 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor), down 6% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1936 and 1961.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HOOVER (230 kV), about 0.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.3 miles away. Another 14 operating power plants totaling 3,794 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CLARK (NVE) (1,243 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Fiberhub LAS1 in Las Vegas, about 22.6 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology