# Priest Rapids

BPA asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/priest-rapids

Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (Grant PUD) - Grant County - BPAT

Priest Rapids Dam is a 950-megawatt conventional hydroelectric plant with ten generating units in Grant County, Washington. The dam sits on the Columbia River and is owned and operated by Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, a public power utility that built it in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It forms one half of the FERC-licensed Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project (No. 2114), which also includes the downstream Wanapum development. In 2008 FERC granted Grant PUD a new 44-year operating license covering both dams, extending authorized operation to April 2052 as long as license conditions are met. All ten Priest Rapids units remain in commercial operation, with no whole-plant or unit retirement scheduled.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 950 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3887 — plant-3887

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Hydroelectric
- **Operator:** Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (Grant PUD)

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (Grant PUD) — Owner and operator ([source](https://www.grantpud.org))
- **Construction contractor / equipment supplier:** Voith Hydro — Turbine rehabilitation and upgrade contractor; turbine supplier ([source](https://www.voith.com/corp-en/))

## Sources

- [govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-09-20/pdf/95-23314.pdf) — govinfo.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [grantpud.org](https://www.grantpud.org/block/documents/64adc559bf036-2023-07-11-commission-meeting-packet.pdf) — grantpud.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [grantpud.org](https://www.grantpud.org/generation) — grantpud.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [grantpud.org](https://www.grantpud.org/history) — grantpud.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/priest-rapids
Website: [Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County (Grant PUD)](https://www.grantpud.org)

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