Big Valley Power LLC
Other power plant · Lassen County, California · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Big Valley Power (BVP) LLC
- County
- Lassen County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in California
- #75 of 152
- EIA plant code
- 10288
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS27 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 9.3 MW | 8.7 MW | 1983 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in California
| Solar Star California, XLIV, LLC | Solar | 9.5 MW |
| Potter Valley | Hydro | 9.4 MW |
| Ameresco Chiquita Canyon | Other | 9.2 MW |
| Calabasas Gas to Energy Facility | Other | 9.2 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 9.3 MW solar plant and a 9.3 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates