Nameplate capacity
162 MW
Rank in California
#168
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1961
April 1961
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
- County
- El Dorado County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #20 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 431
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 81 MW | 78 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| H2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 81 MW | 78 MW | 1962 | 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
| High Winds LLC | Wind | 162 MW |
| North Sky River Energy LLC | Wind | 162 MW |
| Stanton Energy Reliability Center Hybrid | Natural gas | 161 MW |
| Rancho Seco Solar II, LLC | Solar | 160 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 162 MW solar plant and a 162 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