BIG CREEK 2

How BIG CREEK 2 compares

With 67 MW of capacity, BIG CREEK 2 ranks 206th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 55th of the 195 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of California's operating Hydro capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 240th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1913, it is older than 99% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO, runs 22 operating plants in California totaling 2,341 MW. It shares Fresno County with 42 other operating plants, including HELMS PUMPED STORAGE and PANOCHE ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 67 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 355 GWh in 2024 (a 61% capacity factor), up 79% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1913 and 1925.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BIG CREEK 2 (230 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by AZUSA LIGHT & POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 18 operating power plants totaling 2,702 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HELMS PUMPED STORAGE (1,212 MW, Hydro).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology