Nameplate capacity
74 MW
Rank in California
#348
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1949
November 1949
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- County
- Butte County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #53 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 231
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 37 MW | 35 MW | 1949 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 37 MW | 35 MW | 1950 | Out of service but 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
| Loon Lake | Hydro | 74 MW |
| Caribou 1 | Hydro | 74 MW |
| Donnells | Hydro | 72 MW |
| Mountain View I & II | Wind | 71 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 74 MW solar plant and a 74 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