Devil Canyon
Hydro power plant · San Bernardino County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- California Dept. of Water Resources
- County
- San Bernardino County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #8 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 436
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 78 MW | 74 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 78 MW | 74 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 60 MW | 57 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 60 MW | 57 MW | 1976 | Operating |
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 2 | Solar | 279 MW |
| RE Tranquillity | Solar | 277 MW |
| RE Garland | Solar | 273 MW |
| White Rock/Slab Creek | Hydro | 269 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 276 MW solar plant and a 276 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