Highgate Falls
Franklin County, Vermont · EIA plant ID 6618 · Operator: Village of Swanton - (VT)
Nameplate12MWSummer 10 MW
Generators5in service
Net generation32GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor37%hydro units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1923
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), hydro units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32.3 | 40.1% | — |
| 2002 | 50.8 | 63.0% | — |
| 2003 | 42.9 | 50.5% | — |
| 2004 | 49.6 | 58.2% | — |
| 2005 | 47.1 | 55.4% | — |
| 2006 | 58.6 | 68.9% | — |
| 2007 | 46.6 | 54.8% | — |
| 2008 | 52.4 | 61.5% | — |
| 2009 | 48.6 | 57.2% | — |
| 2010 | 52 | 61.2% | — |
| 2011 | 51 | 60.0% | — |
| 2012 | 40.9 | 48.0% | — |
| 2013 | 44 | 51.7% | — |
| 2014 | 41.8 | 49.2% | — |
| 2015 | 41 | 48.3% | — |
| 2016 | 41.3 | 48.5% | — |
| 2017 | 39.2 | 46.1% | — |
| 2018 | 33.3 | 39.1% | — |
| 2019 | 49.7 | 58.4% | — |
| 2020 | 40.8 | 47.4% | — |
| 2021 | 29.4 | 34.3% | — |
| 2022 | 48 | 55.9% | — |
| 2023 | 49.8 | 58.0% | — |
| 2024 | 46.6 | 54.1% | — |
| 2025 | 32.1 | 37.4% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 1.1 | 1 | Aug 1930 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 1 | 1 | Aug 1923 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 3.2 | 2.9 | Aug 1954 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 5.8 | 4.8 | May 1990 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 0.5 | 0.1 | May 2012 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Village of Swanton - (VT). Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Village of Swanton - (VT) | 100.0% | 12 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| VPPSA Project 10 | 47 MW | 4.3 km |
| Sheldon Solar | 2 MW | 6.2 km |
| Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric | 25 MW | 6.6 km |
| St. Albans SPEED Project | 2 MW | 16.5 km |
| Saint Albans Solar | 5 MW | 17.6 km |
| VEC Alburgh Array | 1 MW | 17.8 km |