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EIA plant 7338

N/A · Plumas · CA

Grizzly

Operated by City of Santa Clara - (CA)

Annual generation29,588 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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39.889287, -121.279173

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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 Hydroelectric22 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.

11,288
27,125
36,445
41,435
52,620
65,717
71,536
80
90
100
111
123,421

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
11,288
27,125
36,445
41,435
52,620
65,717
71,536
80
90
100
111
123,421

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
11,288 MWh
27,125 MWh
36,445 MWh
41,435 MWh
52,620 MWh
65,717 MWh
71,536 MWh
80 MWh
90 MWh
100 MWh
111 MWh
123,421 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
NA1Conventional HydroelectricWAT22OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
7338
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Buck Lake
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 2 has the highest recorded value (7,125 MWh) and 8, 9, 10 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 7,125 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
NA1Conventional Hydroelectric22.017.717.70.0

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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