COLGATE

How COLGATE compares

With 315 MW of capacity, COLGATE ranks 47th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 7th of the 195 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.3% of California's operating Hydro capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 64th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1969, it is older than 85% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, YUBA COUNTY WATER AGENCY, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 364 MW. It shares Yuba County with 2 other operating plants, NARROWS 2 and DEADWOOD CREEK.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 315 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 1,271 GWh in 2024 (a 46% capacity factor), about 2.1 times its 2022 output.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is COLGATE (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 18 operating power plants totaling 1,173 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is EDWARD C HYATT (762 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA1 - NTT in Sacramento, about 49.7 miles away.

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