DON PEDRO

How DON PEDRO compares

With 203 MW of capacity, DON PEDRO ranks 70th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 11th of the 195 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.5% of California's operating Hydro capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 88th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 85% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 7 operating plants in California totaling 792 MW. It shares Tuolumne County with 16 other operating plants, including NEW MELONES and DION R HOLM.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 171 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 203 MW). Net generation was 475 GWh in 2024 (a 32% capacity factor), about 2.9 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1971 and 1989.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DON PEDRO, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 6.2 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 672 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NEW MELONES (382 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 31.9 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