OAK GROVE

How OAK GROVE compares

With 51 MW of capacity, OAK GROVE ranks 40th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Oregon and 13th of the 58 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.6% of Oregon's operating Hydro capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 277th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1924, it is older than 94% of the 128 operating Oregon plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, runs 14 operating plants in Oregon totaling 2,366 MW. It shares Clackamas County with 7 other operating plants, including NORTH FORK and FARADAY.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 51 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 150 GWh in 2024 (a 34% capacity factor), about 3 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1924 and 1931.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is COLTON, about 18.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 144 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTH FORK (41 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is PTOR1 in Portland, about 40.5 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