截至1987年底,全国地方水利系统管理的电站拥有装机容量1215万kW,其中装机容量在25000kW及以下的小水电站有63254座,总容量1110万kW,年发电量290亿kW·h。为中小水电配套的地方电网拥有10kV以上高压线路68.5万km。当前我国小水电发展的主要特点是:(1)装机容量已突破1000万 As of the end of 1987, the power stations managed by the local water conservancy systems had an installed capacity of 12.15 million kW, of which 63254 were small hydropower stations with an installed capacity of 25,000 kW or below, a total capacity of 11.1 million kW, and an annual power generation capacity of 29 billion kW·h. The local power grid for small and medium-sized hydropower stations has a high voltage line of more than 10 kV and a total of 685,000 km. The main features of China’s current SHP development are: (1) The installed capacity has exceeded 10 million.