California is the biggest economy in the United States. It also consumes more power than any other state. However, California has one of the lowest per capita uses of electricity secondary to tight measures and regulations. Due to this high use of electricity, California is required to produce atleast 200,000 Gigawatts per year. About 12.5% of this comes to Hydroelectric power generated in Northern California. Due to high precipitation and abundance of rivers and flowing water coming from Sierra Nevada, Northern California is a rich place to build dams. Dams mainly have two purpose, for water irrigation (which helps the agriculture sector) and electric power production.
California has nearly 259 hydro plants, which are mostly located in the Sierra Nevada's mountains' west side in northern California. The top 5 largest dams are the Oroville Dam, New bullards Bar Dam, New Melones Dam, Shasta Dam, and New Don Pedro Dam.
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| Shasta Dam |
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| New Melones Dam |
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| New Bullards Bar Dam |
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| Oroville Dam |
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