Tiger Creek
Hydro power plant · Amador County, California
Nameplate capacity
52 MW
Rank in California
#417
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1931
June 1931
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
- County
- Amador County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among hydro plants in California
- #61 of 244
- EIA plant code
- 287
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 27 MW | 29 MW | 1931 | Operating |
| H1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 26 MW | 29 MW | 1931 | Operating |
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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| Salton Sea Power Gen Co - Unit 3 | Other | 54 MW |
| Drum 2 | Hydro | 53 MW |
| Goal Line LP | Natural gas | 51 MW |
| Alpaugh 50 | Solar | 50 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 52 MW solar plant and a 52 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