The plant was proposed by Smuggler-Union Mine manager Buckley Wells who lived in the residence as a summer home until the 1920s.

[2] The living quarters and especially the power house/generator fell into disrepair and were heavily vandalized by the time of the historic registry survey in 1979.

[4][5] In 2010 Jacobson gave up the lease to the Idarado Mining Company citing continual regulation and legal problems associated with the site.

[3] Idarado has not kept the plant in operation, depriving the community of this readily available source of renewable power generation.

[6] Because the Bridal Veil Hydroelectric Power Plant is over 100 years old, restoring the generator to operation is a difficult feat.