How many hydro power plants are in Vermont?

Vermont has 46 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Vermont?

Bellows Falls in Windham County, Vermont is the largest, at 41 MW. It came online in 1928.

How many hydro power plants were built in Vermont in 2025?

0 hydro power plants came online in Vermont in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing hydro power plants in Vermont?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Hydro power plants in Vermont

Vermont has 46 operating hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity.

Operating46

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Vermont had 46 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 46 in 2026

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Hydro power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Vermont

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Bellows Falls	Windham County	1928	41 MW
2	Vernon Dam	Windham County	2008	36 MW
3	Wilder	Windsor County	1987	36 MW
4	Harriman	Windham County	1924	34 MW
5	Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric	Franklin County	1988	25 MW
6	Highgate Falls	Franklin County	2012	12 MW
7	Mcindoes	Caledonia County	1931	10 MW
8	Bolton Falls	Washington County	1986	9 MW
9	Essex Junction 19	Chittenden County	2008	8 MW
10	Chace Mill Winooski One	Chittenden County	1993	8 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Vermont

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Ball Mountain Hydro	Windham County	2016	2 MW
2	Highgate Falls	Franklin County	2012	12 MW
3	Vernon Dam	Windham County	2008	36 MW
4	Essex Junction 19	Chittenden County	2008	8 MW
5	Chace Mill Winooski One	Chittenden County	1993	8 MW
6	Boltonville Hydro Associates	Orange County	1989	1 MW
7	Deweys Mill	Windsor County	1989	3 MW
8	Beldens	Addison County	1988	6 MW
9	Huntington Falls	Addison County	1988	6 MW
10	Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric	Franklin County	1988	25 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Vermont

How many hydro power plants are in Vermont?: Vermont has 46 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Vermont?: Bellows Falls in Windham County, Vermont is the largest, at 41 MW. It came online in 1928.
How many hydro power plants were built in Vermont in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Vermont in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Vermont?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.