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Gosselin Hydro Plant

Hydro power plant · Trinity County, California

Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in California
#1405
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1983
June 1983

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Humboldt Bay Mun Water Dist
County
Trinity County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in California
#215 of 244
EIA plant code
10128

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gosselin Hydro Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric1.0 MW0.1 MW1983Operating
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric1.0 MW0.1 MW1983Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 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