Shasta

OperatingHydro

Ranked #4 of 247 Hydro plants in CA#34 of 1454 nationally

714 MW Hydro operating in Shasta, CA — Balancing Authority of Northern California

EIAGEMWD

714 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Hydroelectric

Technology

1944

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.7175, -122.4223

County

Shasta, CA

Nearby Plants

Spring Creek
Hydro180 MW · 10.6 km
Keswick
Hydro117 MW · 11.9 km
Shasta College PH2 Solar Project
BESS2 MW · 13.7 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	U S Bureau of Reclamation	US Bureau of Reclamation	—
Owner(s)	U S Bureau of Reclamation	US Bureau of Reclamation [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as US Bureau of Reclamation [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Shasta Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam across the Sacramento River in Northern California in the United States. At 602 feet (183 m) high, it is the eighth-tallest dam in the United States. Located at the north end of the Sacramento Valley, Shasta Dam creates Shasta Lake for long-term water storage, flood control, hydroelectricity and protection against the intrusion of saline water. The largest reservoir in the state, Shasta Lake can hold about 4,500,000 acre-feet (5,600 GL).

Read more on Wikipedia

The Shasta Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in Shasta County, California, has a total capacity of 714 MW. The plant, which began operating in 1944, is owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It utilizes conventional hydroelectric technology with water (WAT) as its primary fuel source. The facility consists of 7 generators.

In the most recent year of reported data, the plant generated 2,347,743 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 37.6%. Shasta operates within the Balancing Authority of Northern California and is part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. It is the 4th largest hydroelectric plant in California out of 42 such plants, and ranks 34th nationally out of 194.

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