Meldahl Hydroelectric Project
City of HamiltonBracken County
Overview
- Registry anchor
- Plant 56872
- plant-56872
Infrastructure record
- Mapped facility footprint
- Mapped infrastructure footprint
Mapped infrastructure geometry associated with this asset.
- In service
- 2016-01
Structured profile
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Hamilton
Generation and physical site
EIA plant 56872 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
Reported operating nameplate by technology
- Hydroelectric
- 105 MW
Generator records (3)
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 35 | Unknown |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 35 | Unknown |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | Operating | 35 | Unknown |
- Physical map location · OpenStreetMap
- 38.79139, -84.17293
- Filed location · EIA
- 38.79143, -84.17298
Sources and observation dates
Related assets
Similar plants ranked by technology, capacity, and distance.
Units and generators
Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 MW 35 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Feb 2016 | Operating |
| 2 | 35 MW 35 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Jan 2016 | Operating |
| 3 | 35 MW 35 MW summer | Conventional Hydroelectric HY | Apr 2016 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 105 MW
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- National rank
- #144
- of 1,356 operating peers
- KY rank
- #5
- of 11 operating peers
Monthly generation
Download CSVLatest 12 months
445.6 GWh
Reported net generation
Latest report
Dec 2024
EIA-923 monthly filing
2024 capacity factor
48.3%
Using current reported nameplate capacity
Grid and market context
Where the plant sits in PJM: its market, pricing node, utility territory and the network around it, each with how it is known.
- Market
- PJMMarket member
- Pricing node
- 1123180604Named for this plant
- 1123180605Named for this plant
- 1123180606
Commercial, land, and environmental record
Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Transactions and agreements
Commissioning
Apr 2016
105 MW Ohio River hydroelectric plant.
City of Hamilton · American Municipal Power (AMP)
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.