Grid Storage

Lake Hodges hydroelectric plant

United States

99th-largest grid storage in United States of 101 · top 99% worldwide (#953 of 965)

Operator
San Diego County Water Authority
Owner
San Diego County Water Authority
Status
idle
Capacity
42 MW
Technology
pumped storage
Commissioned
2012
Retired
2024
Also listed as
A power plant — this site generates as well as stores

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation
Miguel Substation
Its voltage
500 kV
Distance
44 km
Strongest line nearby
500 kV
Substations in range
2

Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.

Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km

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Watercourse: Olivenhain Reservoir

SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)