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EIA plant 50546

Nevada City · Nevada · CA

Bowman

Operated by Nevada Irrigation District

Annual generation10,580 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 Bowman?

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39.448352, -120.653417

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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 Hydroelectric3.6 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.

1347
2326
3152
4319
52,175
6389
7414
82,043
91,963
101,313
11592
12547

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
1347
2326
3152
4319
52,175
6389
7414
82,043
91,963
101,313
11592
12547

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1347 MWh
2326 MWh
3152 MWh
4319 MWh
52,175 MWh
6389 MWh
7414 MWh
82,043 MWh
91,963 MWh
101,313 MWh
11592 MWh
12547 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Conventional HydroelectricWAT3.6OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
50546
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Bowman Lake
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 (2,175 MWh) and 3 the lowest (152 MWh). Their difference is 2,023 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric3.63.63.60.1

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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