Hamilton Branch
Hydro power plant · Plumas County, California · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- County
- Plumas County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #156 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 242
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.7 MW | 2.4 MW | 2021 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | 2.4 MW | 2021 | 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
| Bakersfield PV 1 | Solar | 5.3 MW |
| Frankenheimer Power Plant | Hydro | 5.3 MW |
| Naval Hospital Medical Center | Natural gas | 5.3 MW |
| Broadridge Cogen | Natural gas | 5.2 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 5.3 MW solar plant and a 5.3 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