Hydroelectric Plants in California

247 plants · 15.3 GW total capacity

Hydroelectric generation in California includes 247 plants with 15.3 GW total capacity.

Largest is Castaic (1682 MW Hydro); oldest active is Santa Ana 1 (1899); newest is Waterman Turnout Hydroelectric (2024); top owner is Pacific Gas & Electric . (29 plants).

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Plants (sorted by capacity)

Castaic — 1682 MW
Helms Pumped Storage — 1053 MW
Haiwee Pumped Storage Project — 1000 MW
Shasta — 714 MW
Edward C Hyatt — 644 MW
Whale Rock Pumped Storage Hydro Project — 600 MW
W R Gianelli — 424 MW
Colgate — 315 MW
New Melones — 300 MW
Devil Canyon — 276 MW
White Rock/Slab Creek — 269 MW
Collierville Powerhouse — 253 MW
J S Eastwood — 200 MW
Folsom — 199 MW
Mammoth Pool — 190 MW
Dion R Holm — 180 MW
Spring Creek — 180 MW
Big Creek 3 — 175 MW
Don Pedro — 171 MW
Pine Flat — 169 MW
James B Black — 169 MW
Jaybird — 162 MW
Camino — 158 MW
Judge F Carr — 154 MW
Poe — 143 MW
Pit 5 — 142 MW
Trinity — 140 MW
Kerckhoff 2 — 140 MW
Haas — 135 MW
R C Kirkwood — 133 MW
Rock Creek — 126 MW
Middle Fork — 122 MW
Parker Dam — 120 MW
Caribou 2 — 118 MW
Belden — 118 MW
Keswick — 117 MW
Thermalito — 115 MW
Big Creek 2A — 110 MW
Pit 7 — 110 MW
Moccasin — 104 MW
Pit 4 — 103 MW
Electra — 103 MW
Big Creek 4 — 100 MW
Balch 2 — 97 MW
Exchequer — 95 MW
Big Creek 1 — 88 MW
Stanislaus — 82 MW
Pit 3 — 80 MW
Pit 6 — 79 MW
Ralston — 79 MW
Big Creek 8 — 75 MW
W E Warne — 74 MW
Loon Lake — 74 MW
Caribou 1 — 74 MW
Cresta — 74 MW
Donnells — 72 MW
Pit 1 — 69 MW
Woodleaf — 67 MW
Big Creek 2 — 67 MW
Bucks Creek — 66 MW
San Francisquito 1 — 66 MW
Drum 2 — 53 MW
Tiger Creek — 52 MW
Drum 1 — 49 MW
Kings River PH — 49 MW
Narrows 2 — 47 MW
San Francisquito 2 — 46 MW
Chicago Park — 44 MW
Salt Springs — 42 MW
Forbestown — 42 MW
Kern River 3 — 40 MW
Butt Valley — 40 MW
Union Valley — 39 MW
Control Gorge — 38 MW
Middle Gorge — 38 MW
Upper Gorge — 38 MW
Friant Hydro Facility — 38 MW
Pilot Knob — 33 MW
Mojave Siphon — 33 MW
Balch 1 — 31 MW
Tulloch — 30 MW
Muck Valley Hydroelectric — 30 MW
Diamond Valley Lake — 30 MW
Dutch Flat 2 — 27 MW
Kern River 1 — 26 MW
Robbs Peak — 26 MW
ONeill — 25 MW
Etiwanda — 24 MW
Pardee — 24 MW
Kerckhoff — 23 MW
Grizzly — 22 MW
Dutch Flat — 22 MW
Terminus Hydroelectric Project — 20 MW
El Dorado — 20 MW
Alamo — 20 MW
Drop 4 — 20 MW
De Sabla — 18 MW
Wise — 16 MW
Sand Bar Power Plant — 16 MW
French Meadows — 15 MW
Forks of Butte Hydro Project — 15 MW
Rio Bravo Hydro Project — 14 MW
Halsey — 14 MW
West Point PH — 14 MW
Nimbus — 13 MW
Rush Creek — 13 MW
A G Wishon — 13 MW
Newcastle — 13 MW
Rollins — 12 MW
Sly Creek — 12 MW
Coleman PH — 12 MW
Isabella Hydro Project — 12 MW
Kern Canyon — 12 MW
Monticello Dam — 12 MW
Poole — 11 MW
Portal — 11 MW
Camanche — 11 MW
Narrows PH — 10 MW
Venice Hydro — 10 MW
Haypress — 10 MW
Hat Creek 1 — 10 MW
Hat Creek 2 — 10 MW
Drop 2 (CA) — 10 MW
Beardsley — 10 MW
Kelly Ridge — 10 MW
Jones Fork — 10 MW
San Dimas — 10 MW
Potter Valley — 9 MW
Drop 3 (CA) — 9 MW
McSwain — 9 MW
Foothill Feeder — 9 MW
Foothill — 9 MW
Volta 1 — 9 MW
Sepulveda Canyon — 9 MW
Tule River — 8 MW
Bishop Creek 3 — 8 MW
Chili Bar — 8 MW
Bishop Creek 4 — 8 MW
Perris — 8 MW
Inskip — 8 MW
Bishop Creek 2 — 7 MW
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist — 7 MW
Spaulding 1 — 7 MW
Hatchet Creek Project — 7 MW
South — 7 MW
Spaulding 3 — 7 MW
Centerville PH — 6 MW
Black Butte — 6 MW
Oxbow (CA) — 6 MW
Spring Gap — 6 MW
Spicer Meadow Project — 6 MW
Red Mountain — 6 MW
Drop 1 — 6 MW
San Fernando — 6 MW
Haiwee — 6 MW
Deer Creek PH — 6 MW
Frankenheimer Power Plant — 5 MW
Hamilton Branch — 5 MW
Yorba Linda — 5 MW
San Gabriel Hydro Project — 5 MW
Olsen — 5 MW
Box Canyon Dam — 5 MW
Cove Hydroelectric — 5 MW
Big Creek Water Works — 5 MW
Stony Gorge — 5 MW
Kekawaka Power House — 5 MW
Lake Mathews — 5 MW
Kaweah 3 — 5 MW
Bishop Creek 5 — 5 MW
La Grange — 5 MW
Upper Dawson — 4 MW
Siphon Drop Power Plant — 4 MW
Nacimiento Hydro Project — 4 MW
Rancho Penasquitos — 4 MW
Slate Creek — 4 MW
Valley View — 4 MW
San Joaquin 3 — 4 MW
Drop 5 (CA) — 4 MW
Spaulding 2 — 4 MW
Stampede — 4 MW
Murphys — 4 MW
Bowman — 4 MW
Lake Mendocino — 4 MW
Whiskeytown — 4 MW
Merced Falls — 3 MW
Thermalito Diverson Dam — 3 MW
Turlock Lake — 3 MW
Pleasant Valley Hydro — 3 MW
Big Pine Creek — 3 MW
Santa Ana 1 — 3 MW
Bear Creek (CA) — 3 MW
Santa Ana 3 — 3 MW
Coyote Creek — 3 MW
Fontana — 3 MW
Mill Creek 3 — 3 MW
Rock Creek LP — 3 MW
New Hogan Power Plant — 3 MW
Lundy — 3 MW
Burney Creek — 3 MW
Azusa — 3 MW
Moccasin Low Head Hydro Project — 3 MW
Temescal — 3 MW
Indian Valley Dam Hydro Project — 3 MW
Corona — 3 MW
San Joaquin 2 — 3 MW
Woodward Power Plant — 3 MW
Warm Springs Hydro Project — 3 MW
Parker — 3 MW
Montgomery Creek Hydro — 3 MW
Lower Tule River — 3 MW
Clear Lake Hydro Project — 3 MW
East Highline — 2 MW
Kaweah 1 — 2 MW
Site 980 65 — 2 MW
Fall Creek — 2 MW
Deadwood Creek — 2 MW
Roaring Creek Water Power — 2 MW
Franklin (CA) — 2 MW
Gosselin Hydro Plant — 2 MW
Rio Hondo — 2 MW
Toadtown — 2 MW
Bidwell Ditch Project — 2 MW
Kaweah 2 — 2 MW
Phoenix — 2 MW
Bishop Creek 6 — 2 MW
Cottonwood — 2 MW
Baker Creek Hydroelectric — 2 MW
Combie South — 2 MW
Oak Flat — 1 MW
Bear Valley — 1 MW
R E Badger Filtration Plant — 1 MW
Tulare Success Power Project — 1 MW
Angels — 1 MW
Santa Felicia Dam — 1 MW
Whitewater Hydro Plant — 1 MW
Three Forks Water Power Project — 1 MW
East Portal Generator — 1 MW
Nelson Creek — 1 MW
Lost Creek I — 1 MW
Ponderosa Bailey Creek — 1 MW
Scott Flat — 1 MW
San Dimas Wash Generating Station — 1 MW
Springville Hydroelectric — 1 MW
Alta Powerhouse — 1 MW
Volta 2 — 1 MW
Hickman — 1 MW
Waterman Turnout Hydroelectric — 1 MW