# Claytor

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/claytor

Appalachian Power Company - Pulaski County - PJM

Claytor Hydroelectric Plant is a conventional hydroelectric facility in Pulaski County, Virginia, with four operating generating units totaling 74.8 MW of nameplate capacity (58.8 MW net summer). The plant is owned and operated by Appalachian Power Company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, which built the dam on the New River and completed the powerhouse in 1939, impounding the 4,472-acre Claytor Lake reservoir. It operates under FERC Project No. 739, and FERC issued Appalachian Power a new operating license for the project on December 27, 2011. The plant sells its output into PJM, settling at its own Claytor CL1-CL4 nodes. In 2024 the U.S.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 74.8 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3774 — plant-3774

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Hydroelectric
- **Operator:** Appalachian Power Company

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Appalachian Power Company — Owned and operated by ([source](https://www.appalachianpower.com/))
- **Parent company:** American Electric Power (AEP) — Parent company system ([source](https://www.aep.com/))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** PJM Interconnection, LLC — Balancing authority and capacity market operator ([source](https://www.pjm.com/))
- **Developer:** New River Power Company — Historical project developer
- **Developer:** Appalachian Electric Power Company — Historical project developer and land acquirer

## Sources

- [api.eia.gov](https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data/?api_key=DEMO_KEY&frequency=monthly&data%5B%5D=nameplate-capacity-mw&data%5B%5D=operating-year-month&facets%5Bplantid%5D%5B%5D=3774&start=2026-06&end=2026-06) — api.eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [storymaps.arcgis.com](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a2436e9d55634031805ac04f0241cdb2) — storymaps.arcgis.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [claytorhydro.com](https://www.claytorhydro.com/about) — claytorhydro.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [claytorhydro.com](https://www.claytorhydro.com/docs/Claytor_Hydro_Public_Info_Booklet-Final.pdf) — claytorhydro.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/claytor
Website: [Appalachian Power Company (subsidiary of American Electric Power)](https://www.appalachianpower.com/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/