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    Total Generation by Type and County: 2021

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    Energy generation data and map are from the California Energy Commission. Map depicts utility scale power plants (with nameplate capacity of 1 MW or more). Hydroelectric plants are designated as a renewable energy source if their nameplate capacity is 30 MW or less. Renewables include Biomass, Geothermal, Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaic, Small Hydroelectric, and Wind. Counties without symbols had no utility-scale plants. Data is from 2021 and is current as of October 27, 2022. For more information, contact Rebecca Vail at Rebecca.Vail@energy.ca.gov or John Hingtgen at John.Hingtgen@energy.ca.gov.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Energy Commission
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2023-06-30T16:27:19.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-06-30T16:28:26.000Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
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    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0f704d6f4bc221852a80997811342e25487f7d85f72456093a8fc8d20f3190f7
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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