Power plant · California, United States

Shasta

Shasta is a power plant in California, United States, with 714 MW of capacity, owned by U S Bureau of Reclamation.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	California	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1944	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	U S Bureau of Reclamation	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	U S Bureau of Reclamation	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	714 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Hydroelectric	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	40.7175, -122.4223	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Shasta is the 18th-largest of 47 power plants in California and the 470th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 714 MW is <0.1% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
California	18th of 47	38,918 MW	1.8%
United States	470th of 800	839,036 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	542nd of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 water rights (9 active) and 4 mines (3 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Sacramento River power right A005625	Water right	11,153,753 acre-ft/year	Permitted	0.2 km
Sacramento River power right A009365	Water right	2,950,049 acre-ft/year	Permitted	0.2 km
Redding Plant	Mine	—	Operating	9.1 km
Sacramento River power right A010588	Water right	9,990,890 acre-ft/year	Active	12 km
Washington Mine	Mine	—	Operating	22 km
Pedrotti Materials	Mine	—	Closed	23 km

Owner, operator and place

Other power plants in California

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Haynes1,739 MW
Castaic1,682 MW
Ormond Beach1,612 MW
Geysers Unit 5-201,236 MW
La Paloma Generating Plant1,156 MW
AES Alamitos LLC1,115 MW

All 100 power plants in California, United States

Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
eWRIMS Water Rights List. eWRIMS Water Rights List, Public domain.
JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.