Placer County, CA power plants

17 EIA-registered power plants in Placer County, CA totalling 466.2 MW of nameplate capacity, ranked and mapped inside CAISO.

Plants
17
EIA-registered records
Nameplate capacity
466.2 MW
Sum across this county
Largest
122.4 MW
Middle Fork

Capacity by fuel

hydroelectric410.3 MW13 plantsbiomass51.9 MW3 plantssolar4 MW1 plant

Placer County, CA capacity ranking

17 matching plants·ranked by nameplate capacity

RankPlantCapacity
1Middle ForkPlacer County Water Agency122.4 MW
2RalstonPlacer County Water Agency79.2 MW
3Drum 2Pacific Gas & Electric Co.53.1 MW
4Drum 1Pacific Gas & Electric Co.49.2 MW
5Rio Bravo RocklinRio Bravo Rocklin27.9 MW
6Dutch FlatPacific Gas & Electric Co.22 MW
7Sierra Pacific Lincoln FacilitySierra Pacific Industries19.2 MW
8WisePacific Gas & Electric Co.16.4 MW
9French MeadowsPlacer County Water Agency15.3 MW
10HalseyPacific Gas & Electric Co.13.6 MW
11NewcastlePacific Gas & Electric Co.12.7 MW
12RollinsNevada Irrigation District12.1 MW
13Sacramento Municipal Util DistSouth Sutter Water District7.2 MW
14Oxbow (CA)Placer County Water Agency6.1 MW
15Lincoln LandfillEnergy 2001 Inc4.8 MW
16Lincoln WWTF HybridLincoln Solar Star, LLC4 MW
17Alta PowerhousePacific Gas & Electric Co.1 MW

Technology rankings in CAISO

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Other CAISO counties

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County assignment and capacity come from the EIA generator inventory. Capacity is nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies.