Whiskeytown
Shasta County, California · EIA plant ID 7189 · Operator: City of Redding - (CA)
Nameplate4MWSummer 4 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation10GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor34%hydro units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1986
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), hydro units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19.3 | 275.5% | — |
| 2002 | 19.4 | 276.8% | — |
| 2003 | 25.9 | 369.2% | — |
| 2004 | 24.6 | 87.6% | — |
| 2005 | 27.1 | 96.7% | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 74.8% | — |
| 2007 | 24.7 | 88.3% | — |
| 2008 | 17.4 | 50.9% | — |
| 2009 | 27 | 79.0% | — |
| 2010 | 26.6 | 77.9% | — |
| 2011 | 26.1 | 148.8% | — |
| 2012 | 26.3 | 149.5% | — |
| 2013 | 26.9 | 153.8% | — |
| 2014 | 23.4 | 133.7% | — |
| 2015 | 27.4 | 156.1% | — |
| 2016 | 24.2 | 78.8% | — |
| 2017 | 26.4 | 86.2% | — |
| 2018 | 18.6 | 60.8% | — |
| 2019 | 25.6 | 83.5% | — |
| 2020 | 26.8 | 87.2% | — |
| 2021 | 18.7 | 61.0% | — |
| 2022 | 25.9 | 84.5% | — |
| 2023 | 23.5 | 76.7% | — |
| 2024 | 19.6 | 63.9% | — |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 34.2% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 3.5 | 3.5 | Sep 1986 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: City of Redding - (CA). Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| City of Redding - (CA) | 100.0% | 4 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Spring Creek | 180 MW | 6.9 km |
| Keswick | 117 MW | 7.9 km |
| Judge F Carr | 154 MW | 9.3 km |
| Redding Power | 183 MW | 14 km |
| Shasta | 714 MW | 16.6 km |
| Shasta College PH2 Solar Project | 2 MW | 19.2 km |