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James B Black — Power plant · Hydro · Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Chalk Mountain Powerhouse — Postponed · Hydro · CA · 2.2 MW · 10.8 mi away
  • Clean firm
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

James B Black

Power plant · Hydro

Key facts

Power plant · Hydroran 45% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1965
Net generation, 2025
668,423 MWh
Grid
230 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
Location
Shasta County, California
Operated by
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026

Operations detail

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Technology
Hydro source: “Conventional Hydroelectric”
Age
61 years since 1965
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000603866
Location id
L100000603828
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
230
Transmission owner
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Balancing authority code
CISO
Balancing authority name
California Independent System Operator
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20252,280,659
Capacity factor, 20250.453
Net generation (MWh), 2025668,423
Balancing authority codeCISO

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

4 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global 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.
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
  • EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Chalk Mountain Powerhouse Postponed Hydro 10.8 mi 2.2

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

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