# Devil Canyon

CAISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/devil-canyon

California Department of Water Resources - San Bernardino County - CAISO

Devil Canyon is a four-unit conventional hydroelectric powerplant in San Bernardino County, California, owned and operated by the California Department of Water Resources. Located at the southern end of the East Branch of the State Water Project, the plant receives water from Silverwood Lake through the San Bernardino Tunnel and two penstocks, then discharges into two afterbays for downstream State Water Project deliveries. The facility has approximately 276.2 MW of nameplate capacity and the highest hydraulic water pressure in the State Water Project system.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 276.2 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 436 — plant-436

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Hydroelectric
- **Operator:** California Department of Water Resources

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** California Department of Water Resources — Owner and operator ([source](https://water.ca.gov/))
- **Regulator:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — Hydropower regulator and licensor ([source](https://www.ferc.gov/))

## Sources

- [devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com](https://devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com/download/Relicensing/Filings/NOI%20and%20PAD/NOI.pdf) — devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com](https://devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com/download/Relicensing/Filings/NOI%20and%20PAD/Section%201%20-%20Introduction.pdf) — devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com](https://devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com/project) — devil-canyon-project-relicensing.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [hydroreform.org](https://hydroreform.org/hydro-project/devil-canyon-p-2426/) — hydroreform.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=654) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=659) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/devil-canyon
Website: [California Department of Water Resources](https://water.ca.gov/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/