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EIA plant 57559

San Francisco · San Francisco · CA

Sunset Reservoir North Basin

Operated by Duke Energy Renewables Services

Annual generation6,488 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Sunset Reservoir North Basin?

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37.750894, -122.481758

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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

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic4.5 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.

1284
2314
3561
4768
5815
6733
7651
8675
9520
10523
11359
12285

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
1284
2314
3561
4768
5815
6733
7651
8675
9520
10523
11359
12285

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1284 MWh
2314 MWh
3561 MWh
4768 MWh
5815 MWh
6733 MWh
7651 MWh
8675 MWh
9520 MWh
10523 MWh
11359 MWh
12285 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN4.5OP

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EIA plant ID
57559
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
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 (815 MWh) and 1 the lowest (284 MWh). Their difference is 531 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Solar Photovoltaic4.54.54.5Not supplied

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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