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EIA plant 435

Placerville · El Dorado · CA

White Rock/Slab Creek

Operated by Sacramento Municipal Util Dist

Annual generation447,811 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextBalancing Authority of Northern CaliforniaBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is White Rock/Slab Creek?

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38.765336, -120.787366

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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 Hydroelectric269.2 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.

121,763
247,363
377,737
492,297
598,174
635,110
718,287
821,465
911,231
1012,026
114,116
128,242

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
121,763
247,363
377,737
492,297
598,174
635,110
718,287
821,465
911,231
1012,026
114,116
128,242

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
121,763 MWh
247,363 MWh
377,737 MWh
492,297 MWh
598,174 MWh
635,110 MWh
718,287 MWh
821,465 MWh
911,231 MWh
1012,026 MWh
114,116 MWh
128,242 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
H1Conventional HydroelectricWAT133OP
H2Conventional HydroelectricWAT133OP
H3Conventional HydroelectricWAT2.7OP
H4Conventional HydroelectricWAT0.5OS

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
435
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
South Fork American River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 5 has the highest recorded value (98,174 MWh) and 11 the lowest (4,116 MWh). Their difference is 94,058 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 4 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 0.5 (H4) to 133 (H1, H2). The difference is 132.5 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
H1Conventional Hydroelectric133.0108.0108.01.0
H2Conventional Hydroelectric133.0133.0133.01.0
H3Conventional Hydroelectric2.72.72.70.4
H4Conventional Hydroelectric0.50.50.50.5

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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