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R E Badger Filtration Plant

Hydro power plant · San Diego County, California · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
1.4 MW
Rank in California
#1624
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1987
July 1987

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Santa Fe Irrigation District
County
San Diego County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in California
#229 of 244
EIA plant code
50147

Generating units

Individual generating units at R E Badger Filtration Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.4 MW1.0 MW1987Out 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.

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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 1.4 MW solar plant and a 1.4 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