Moccasin

Hydro power plant · Tuolumne County, California

Nameplate capacity
104 MW
Rank in California
#264
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1969
August 1969

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
City & County of San Francisco
County
Tuolumne County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.10%
Rank among hydro plants in California
#38 of 244
EIA plant code
381

Generating units

Individual generating units at Moccasin
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric52 MW52 MW1969Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric52 MW52 MW1969Operating

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 104 MW solar plant and a 104 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