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Big Bend Dam

USACE-Omaha · South Dakota

Nameplate capacity
538.3 MW
Generators
8
Rank in SD
#2

Technology & fuel

Primary technology: Conventional Hydroelectric

Energy source: Water

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-860/EIA-860M — currently operating generators at this plant, aggregated. Capacity is nameplate (rated maximum), not actual output.