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    Utility Renewable Generation by Type and County: 2020

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    Energy generation data and map are from the California Energy Commission and include utility scale power plants. Plants of any type below 1 MW (e.g. rooftop solar)are not included. Hydroelectric plants of 30 MW and less are considered renewable energy sources in California. Hydroelectric plants over 30 MW are non-renewable. Counties without pie symbols had no utility scale renewable electric generation for the year. Data is for 2020 and is current as of July 18, 2022. Projection: NAD 1983 (2011) California (Teale) Albers (Meters). For more information, contact Rebecca Vail at (916) 477-0738 or John Hingtgen at 916) 510-9747.

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

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    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
    Identifier 46e5e69c-b5eb-44d4-8665-9cdbfec573b9
    Data First Published 2023-06-15T17:49:59.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-06-15T17:50:44.000Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724151128
    Harvest Object Id 24f5d4cc-38c4-453d-9824-050bd61904c0
    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 654e02a64665670586273141208f9a997d1b44fedcafd78f2c2a294877235a21
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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