Big Bend Dam

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha DistrictBuffalo CountySPP

Big Bend Dam near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, is a Missouri River hydropower project owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District. Its eight fixed-blade Kaplan units, three of 67.3 MW and five of 58.5 MW, total 494 MW. Power generation began in 1964 and the complex was finished in 1966. The plant runs as a peaker, three units can act as synchronous condensers, and the Western Area Power Administration markets the output.