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Compare power plants

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

MetricHelms Pumped Storage
Fresno County
W R Gianelli
Merced County
Capacity1,053 MW424 MW
TechnologyHydroelectric Pumped StorageHydroelectric Pumped Storage
OperatorPacific Gas & Electric Co.California Dept. of Water Resources
Operating units38
Latest 12-month generation1.11 TWh224.3 GWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor——
National technology rank#8 of 39#15 of 39
Latest EIA report2026-062026-06

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.