CA
New Melones
General information | |
Waterway |
Stanislaus River |
Current status | Active  |
Type of facility | Conventional Hydro |
Mode of hydropower generation | Peaking |
Type of permit | Reclamation |
Ownership and operation | |
Owner | Reclamation Mid Pacific Region (MP) |
Owner type | Reclamation |
Year first online (conventional hydro) | 1979 |
Transmission or distribution system owner | WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration |
Power and generating capacity | |
Number of units | 2 |
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant | 300.0 mW |
Average annual net hydropower generation | 425,841.8 mWH |
Related posts
- From California Sportfishing Protection Alliance 08/16/21
Reckless Water Transfer Would Further Jeopardize Fisheries in 2021 & 2022 - From California Sportfishing Protection Alliance 04/26/21
CSPA Urges State Water Board to Tap New Melones Now - From Friends of the River 03/25/16
The Deadbeat Dams Dance On…The River Advocate, Vol6 #2 March 25, 2016
News and updates
From Idaho Rivers United6/20/2022
“The Grand Salmon” team welcomed by Nez Perce in Lewiston, where the Snake River ‘is dead.’
From California Sportfishing Protection Alliance6/20/2022