Shasta County, California has 43 power plants totaling 2,427 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta | Redding | Hydroelectric | 714 MW | U S Bureau Of Reclamation |
| Redding Power | Redding | Natural Gas | 183 MW | City Of Redding - (Ca) |
| Spring Creek | Redding | Hydroelectric | 180 MW | U S Bureau Of Reclamation |
| James B Black | Big Bend | Hydroelectric | 169 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Judge F Carr | French Gulch | Hydroelectric | 154 MW | U S Bureau Of Reclamation |
| Pit 5 | Big Bend | Hydroelectric | 142 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Keswick | Redding | Hydroelectric | 117 MW | U S Bureau Of Reclamation |
| Pit 7 | Montgomery Creek | Hydroelectric | 110 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Pit 4 | Big Bend | Hydroelectric | 103 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hatchet Ridge Wind Project | Burney | Wind | 101 MW | Pattern Operators Lp |
| Pit 3 | Burney | Hydroelectric | 80.1 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Pit 6 | Montgomery Creek | Hydroelectric | 79.2 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Pit 1 | Burney | Hydroelectric | 69.2 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Wheelabrator Shasta | Anderson | Biomass | 54.9 MW | Shasta Sustainable Resource Management, Inc. |
| Burney Forest Products | Burney | Biomass | 31.0 MW | Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture |
| Spi Anderson 2 | Anderson | Biomass | 30.2 MW | Sierra Pacific Industries |
| Sierra Pacific Burney Facility | Burney | Biomass | 20.0 MW | Sierra Pacific Industries |
| Coleman Ph | Anderson | Hydroelectric | 12.1 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hat Creek 1 | Burney | Hydroelectric | 10.0 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hat Creek 2 | Burney | Hydroelectric | 10.0 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Volta 1 | Manton | Hydroelectric | 8.5 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hatchet Creek Project | Montgomery Creek | Hydroelectric | 6.8 MW | Mega Renewables |
| Cove Hydroelectric | Burney | Hydroelectric | 5.0 MW | Snow Mountain Hydro Llc |
| Olsen | Whitmore | Hydroelectric | 5.0 MW | Olsen Power Partners |
| Slate Creek | Lakehead | Hydroelectric | 4.2 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
| Whiskeytown | Whiskeytown | Hydroelectric | 3.5 MW | City Of Redding - (Ca) |
| Bear Creek (Ca) | Shingletown | Hydroelectric | 3.2 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
| Burney Creek | Burney | Hydroelectric | 3.0 MW | Snow Mountain Hydro Llc |
| Shasta Solar Farm | Fall River Mills | Solar | 3.0 MW | Ignite Solar Holdings Llc |
| Montgomery Creek Hydro | Montgomery Creek | Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
| Roaring Creek Water Power | Montgomery Creek | Hydroelectric | 2.0 MW | Shasta Hydroelectric Inc |
| Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project | Redding | Solar | 2.0 MW | Totalenergies Distributed Generation, Llc |
| Bidwell Ditch Project | Hat Creek | Hydroelectric | 1.8 MW | Mega Renewables |
| Kilarc | Whitmore | Hydroelectric | 1.5 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Cow Creek | Millville | Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Nelson Creek | Big Bend | Hydroelectric | 1.2 MW | Nelson Creek Power Inc |
| Lost Creek I | Burney | Hydroelectric | 1.1 MW | Snow Mountain Hydro Llc |
| Volta 2 | Manton | Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Wheelabrator Lassen | Anderson | Natural Gas | — MW | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems |
| Sierra Pacific Anderson Facility | Anderson | Biomass | — MW | Sierra Pacific Industries |
| Britton Powerhouse | Burney | Hydroelectric | — MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Chalk Mountain Powerhouse | Big Bend | Hydroelectric | — MW | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| Hat Creek Bioenergy | Burney | Biomass | — MW | Hat Creek Bioenergy, Llc |
Shasta County, California has 43 power plants totaling 2,427 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the dominant fuel source at 82% of installed capacity, followed by Natural Gas (8%) and Biomass (6%). The largest facility is Shasta at 714 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
To find plants closer to a specific address in Shasta County, use the address lookup — it shows every plant within a chosen radius along with distance, fuel type, and emissions.