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Rush Creek

Hydro power plant · Mono County, California

Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in California
#783
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2016
October 2016

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Southern California Edison Co
County
Mono County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in California
#104 of 244
EIA plant code
357

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rush Creek
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
2Conventional Hydroelectric7.2 MW5.5 MW2017Operating
1Conventional Hydroelectric5.9 MW5.9 MW2016Operating

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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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