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Rock Creek LP

Hydro power plant · El Dorado County, California

Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in California
#1233
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1986
April 1986

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Hydroland Omega LLC
County
El Dorado County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among hydro plants in California
#197 of 244
EIA plant code
50892

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rock Creek LP
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric1.5 MW1.5 MW1986Operating
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric1.5 MW1.5 MW1986Operating

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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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