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Pumped storage plants in the US

Rare Context lists 18 pumped storage plants in the United States, with 20,765 MW of capacity between them. The largest is Bath County (2,862 MW).

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Sorted by capacity; plants not built yet come after the others. A plant counts under each technology its register gives it.

Power plantRegionOwner or operatorCapacity
Bath CountyVirginiaVirginia Electric & Power Co +12,862 MW
LudingtonMichiganConsumers Energy Co - (MI) +11,979 MW
Raccoon MountainTennesseeTennessee Valley Authority1,714 MW
CastaicCaliforniaLos Angeles Department of Water & Power1,682 MW
Bad CreekSouth CarolinaDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC1,680 MW
Northfield MountainMassachusettsFirstLight Power Resources, Inc. - MA1,168 MW
Muddy RunPennsylvaniaConstellation Power, Inc1,072 MW
Helms Pumped StorageCaliforniaPacific Gas & Electric Co.1,053 MW
Blenheim GilboaNew YorkNew York Power Authority1,000 MW
Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric PlantGeorgiaOglethorpe Power Corporation +1848 MW
JocasseeSouth CarolinaDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC774 MW
Bear SwampMassachusettsBear Swamp Power Company LLC +1666 MW
Richard B RussellGeorgiaUSCE-Savannah District628 MW
Fairfield Pumped StorageSouth CarolinaDominion Energy South Carolina, Inc587 MW
Yards Creek EnergyNew JerseyYards Creek Energy453 MW
Haiwee Pumped Storage Project plannedCaliforniaPremium Energy Holdings1,000 MW
Intermountain Pumped Storage Project plannedUtahPremium Energy Holdings1,000 MW
Whale Rock Pumped Storage Hydro Project plannedCaliforniaPremium Energy Holdings600 MW

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