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Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

Metric	James B Black Shasta County	Pit 5 Shasta County
Capacity	168.6 MW	141.6 MW
Technology	Conventional Hydroelectric	Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Operating units	2	4
Latest 12-month generation	512.8 GWh	219.5 GWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	42.2% (2025)	43.6% (2025)
National technology rank	#88 of 1,349	#107 of 1,349
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.

Compare power plants

Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

Metric	James B Black Shasta County	Pit 5 Shasta County
Capacity	168.6 MW	141.6 MW
Technology	Conventional Hydroelectric	Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Operating units	2	4
Latest 12-month generation	512.8 GWh	219.5 GWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	42.2% (2025)	43.6% (2025)
National technology rank	#88 of 1,349	#107 of 1,349
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.