Power plants in the Balancing Authority of Northern California balancing area

The Balancing Authority of Northern California balancing area takes in 84 power plants with 5,719 MW of nameplate capacity, the 28th-largest of the 40 areas covered here. All of its plants are in California. Natural gas makes up 47% of the mix, and the largest plant is Shasta (714 MW). Since 2020, 354 MW has come online here, 69% of it solar.

Natural gas2,679 MW47%
Hydroelectric2,557 MW45%
Solar389 MW6.8%
Oil and petroleum72.2 MW1.3%
Biomass and waste21.4 MW0.4%

Capacity by decade it came online

Natural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricSolarBiomass and waste

Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at plants that still run.

The 25 largest plants in the area

Rank	Plant	State	Runs on	Capacity	First unit
1	Shasta	California	Hydroelectric	714 MW	1944
2	Sutter Energy Center	California	Natural gas	636 MW	2001
3	Cosumnes Power Plant	California	Natural gas	557 MW	2006
4	New Melones	California	Hydroelectric	300 MW	1979
5	White Rock/Slab Creek	California	Hydroelectric	269 MW	1968
6	Roseville Energy Park	California	Natural gas	225 MW	2007
7	Woodland	California	Natural gas	199 MW	1993
8	Folsom	California	Hydroelectric	199 MW	1955
9	Procter & Gamble Power Plant	California	Natural gas	193 MW	1997
10	Redding Power	California	Natural gas	183 MW	1989
11	Spring Creek	California	Hydroelectric	180 MW	1964
12	Campbell Power Plant	California	Natural gas	174 MW	1997
13	Jaybird	California	Hydroelectric	162 MW	1961
14	Rancho Seco Solar II, LLC	California	Solar	160 MW	2021
15	Camino	California	Hydroelectric	158 MW	1963
16	Judge F Carr	California	Hydroelectric	154 MW	1963
17	McClure	California	Natural gas	142 MW	1980
18	Trinity	California	Hydroelectric	140 MW	1964
19	Carson Power Plant	California	Natural gas	126 MW	1995
20	Ripon Generation Station	California	Natural gas	121 MW	2006
21	Keswick	California	Hydroelectric	117 MW	1949
22	McClellan (CA)	California	Natural gas	77 MW	1986
23	Loon Lake	California	Hydroelectric	74.1 MW	1971
24	Roseville Power Plant #2	California	Natural gas	66 MW	1986
25	SloughHouse Solar, LLC	California	Solar	50 MW	2025

States

State	Plants	Capacity
California	84	5,719 MW

Operators with the most capacity

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist	12	1,863 MW
U S Bureau of Reclamation	8	1,817 MW
Calpine Corp-Sutter	1	636 MW
Modesto Irrigation District	3	462 MW
City of Roseville (CA)	2	291 MW
City of Redding (CA)	2	187 MW
Rancho Seco Solar II, LLC	1	160 MW
MN8 Energy LLC	16	71.7 MW
SloughHouse Solar, LLC	1	50 MW
Enchanted Rock	1	48 MW