Hat Creek 1
Hydro power plant · Shasta County, California
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in California
#839
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2021
August 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- County
- Shasta County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #120 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 243
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 8.5 MW | 2021 | 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
| Fresno Community Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| Giffen | Solar | 10 MW |
| Hat Creek 2 | Hydro | 10 MW |
| Haypress | Hydro | 10 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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