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Power plant · Hydro
Key facts
Power plant · Hydroran 26% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1927
- Net generation, 2025
- 71,150 MWh
- Grid
- 115 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
- Location
- Fresno County, California
- Operated by
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co.SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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- Technology
- Hydro source: “Conventional Hydroelectric”
- Age
- 99 years since 1927
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 242,763 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.262 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 71,150 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory