Power plant · Oregon, United States

John C Boyle Power Plant

John C Boyle Power Plant is a closed hydroelectric power plant in Oregon, United States, with 98.7 MW of capacity, operated by PacifiCorp.

Grid connection

It closed in 2024, which freed up a 99 MW grid connection at 230 kV to the grid of PacifiCorp, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Oregon	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1958	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2024	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	PacifiCorp	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	98.7 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Hydroelectric	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	PacifiCorp	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	230 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	42.0936, -122.0703	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

John C Boyle is the 13th-largest of 14 power plants in Oregon and the 952nd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 98.7 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Oregon	13th of 14	10,780 MW	0.92%
United States	952nd of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	2,639th of 15,800	1,923,633 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1958Started operating
2024Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 356 water rights (300 active), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Klamath River water right KA 376	Water right	—	Active	0.0 km
Spencer Creek water right 8118	Water right	—	Active	7.7 km
Klamath River groundwater water right 30370	Water right	—	Active	8.2 km

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Data on this page

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