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EIA plant 425

Foresthill · Placer · CA

Middle Fork

Operated by Placer County Water Agency

Annual generation434,565 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Middle Fork?

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39.024801, -120.596383

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric122.4 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

133,328
24,088
317,452
445,046
538,987
646,887
774,116
877,770
975,564
10908
1110,666
129,753

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
133,328
24,088
317,452
445,046
538,987
646,887
774,116
877,770
975,564
10908
1110,666
129,753

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
133,328 MWh
24,088 MWh
317,452 MWh
445,046 MWh
538,987 MWh
646,887 MWh
774,116 MWh
877,770 MWh
975,564 MWh
10908 MWh
1110,666 MWh
129,753 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT61.2OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT61.2OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
425
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Rubicon River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (77,770 MWh) and 10 the lowest (908 MWh). Their difference is 76,862 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric61.266.066.00.0
2Conventional Hydroelectric61.266.066.00.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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