EXCHEQUER

How EXCHEQUER compares

With 95 MW of capacity, EXCHEQUER ranks 176th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 42nd of the 195 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of California's operating Hydro capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 189th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 86% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 107 MW. It shares Mariposa County with one other operating plant, MCSWAIN.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 95 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 268 GWh in 2024 (a 32% capacity factor), about 2.2 times its 2022 output.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is EXCHEQUER (115 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 359 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is DON PEDRO (203 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 40.1 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