Power Plants Near 96079 — Shasta Lake, CA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96079 (Shasta Lake, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6866, -122.3348 · County: Shasta

Hydroelectric 82%Natural Gas 9%Biomass 5%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project Redding, CA	Solar	2 MW	Totalenergies Distributed Generation, Llc
5.1 mi	Shasta Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	714 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
7.8 mi	Keswick Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	117 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
8.0 mi	Spring Creek Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	180 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
12.3 mi	Whiskeytown Whiskeytown, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
13.2 mi	Redding Power Redding, CA	Natural Gas	183 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
14.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Anderson Facility Anderson, CA	Biomass	—	Sierra Pacific Industries
14.8 mi	Spi Anderson 2 Anderson, CA	Biomass	30 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
15.6 mi	Judge F Carr French Gulch, CA	Hydroelectric	154 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
17.7 mi	Wheelabrator Lassen Anderson, CA	Natural Gas	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
18.1 mi	Wheelabrator Shasta Anderson, CA	Biomass	55 MW	Shasta Sustainable Resource Management, Inc.
18.3 mi	Cow Creek Millville, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.0 mi	Slate Creek Lakehead, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
21.2 mi	Pit 7 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.6 mi	Olsen Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Olsen Power Partners
22.3 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
22.5 mi	Coleman Ph Anderson, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
22.7 mi	Montgomery Creek Hydro Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
23.7 mi	Trinity Weaverville, CA	Hydroelectric	140 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
23.9 mi	Cove Hydroelectric Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
24.2 mi	Kilarc Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.2 mi	Pit 6 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.3 mi	Roaring Creek Water Power Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Shasta Hydroelectric Inc
25.3 mi	Hatchet Creek Project Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Mega Renewables
27.7 mi	Inskip Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
27.9 mi	Pit 5 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	142 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
28.3 mi	James B Black Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	169 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
29.1 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
29.6 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.3 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
31.3 mi	South Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.4 mi	Hatchet Ridge Wind Project Burney, CA	Wind	101 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
32.8 mi	Pit 4 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	103 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.1 mi	Nelson Creek Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nelson Creek Power Inc
34.2 mi	Burney Creek Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
34.8 mi	Burney Forest Products Burney, CA	Biomass	31 MW	Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture
35.6 mi	Sierra Pacific Burney Facility Burney, CA	Biomass	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
36.2 mi	Chalk Mountain Powerhouse Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.4 mi	Pit 3 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.6 mi	Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Natural Gas	46 MW	California Power Holdings Llc
39.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Industries (2042-Rd) Red Bluff, CA	Solar	8 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
40.4 mi	Foundation Wal-Mart Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Wind	1 MW	Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc
40.9 mi	Box Canyon Dam Mount Shasta, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Siskiyou Power Authority
41.5 mi	Britton Powerhouse Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.7 mi	Hat Creek Bioenergy Burney, CA	Biomass	—	Hat Creek Bioenergy, Llc
44.6 mi	Hat Creek 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.3 mi	Hat Creek 2 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.1 mi	Bidwell Ditch Project Hat Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Mega Renewables
48.4 mi	Lost Creek I Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
48.5 mi	Pit 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	69 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Shasta Lake, California (ZIP 96079), with a combined 2,640 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project at 4.4 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in California, visit the California state page.

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