H M Jackson

Hydro power plant in Washington, United States of America. Approximate location 47.9084, -121.8144.

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H M Jackson is a 112 MW hydro power station in Washington, United States of America. It is operated by PUD 1 of Snohomish County. Based on reported annual generation of 306 GWh, it can supply roughly 87,514 homes. It ranks #1804 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1984, it is around 42 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 5.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

112MW installed capacity
306GWh reported / yr
87,514homes powered
1984commissioned (~42 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0007588.

Reported generation trend

2013: 452 GWh20132014: 514 GWh20142015: 372 GWh20152016: 484 GWh20162017: 453 GWh20172018: 460 GWh20182019: 306 GWh2019514 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by PUD 1 of Snohomish County. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 47.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,559heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
567 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 13 °CJJ: 15 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 2 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 77/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #164 largest hydro power plant of 1449 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1449 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 101,657 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 47.9084, -121.8144 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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