SALINA

How SALINA compares

With 288 MW of capacity, SALINA ranks 24th among the 73 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Oklahoma and is the largest of the 11 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 26% of Oklahoma's operating Hydro capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 68th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1968, it is older than 72% of the 72 operating Oklahoma plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, runs 4 operating plants in Oklahoma totaling 1,676 MW. It shares Mayes County with 4 other operating plants, including GRDA COAL-FIRED COMPLEX and CHOUTEAU.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 259 MW of nameplate capacity, all hydroelectric pumped storage technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 288 MW). The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-47.5 GWh), which is typical of pumped storage. Its generators came online between 1968 and 1971.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 2,458 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is GRDA COAL-FIRED COMPLEX (1,134 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is TierPoint Tulsa-Archer in Tulsa, about 49.8 miles away.

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