Foothill
Hydro power plant · Los Angeles County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #130 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 396
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.8 MW | 8.6 MW | 1971 | 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
| CSUF Trigeneration | Natural gas | 8.9 MW |
| Spreckels Sugar Company | Natural gas | 8.9 MW |
| Tehachapi Wind Resource I | Wind | 8.7 MW |
| Pine Tree Solar Project | Solar | 8.5 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 8.8 MW solar plant and a 8.8 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