WHITE ROCK/SLAB CREEK

How WHITE ROCK/SLAB CREEK compares

With 266 MW of capacity, WHITE ROCK/SLAB CREEK ranks 57th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 8th of the 195 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.0% of California's operating Hydro capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 70th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1968, it is older than 86% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTIL DIST, runs 14 operating plants in California totaling 2,070 MW. It shares El Dorado County with 8 other operating plants, including JAYBIRD and CAMINO.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 269 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional hydroelectric technology. Net generation was 448 GWh in 2024 (a 19% capacity factor), up 46% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1968 and 2020.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WHITE ROCK (230 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 18 operating power plants totaling 920 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FOLSOM (215 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA1 - NTT in Sacramento, about 38.7 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