Nameplate capacity
79 MW
Rank in California
#329
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1966
October 1966
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Placer County Water Agency
- County
- Placer County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #48 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 427
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 79 MW | 86 MW | 1966 | 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
| Shirk Energy Storage | Battery storage | 80 MW |
| Pit 6 | Hydro | 79 MW |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm | Wind | 79 MW |
| Montezuma Wind II | Wind | 78 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 79 MW solar plant and a 79 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