News release: Major milestone achieved at Thermalito pumping-generating plant in Oroville
This past December, DWR reconnected electricity to the Ronald B. Robie Thermalito Pumping-Generating Plant in Oroville, a major step towards returning the plant to full operation. A fire in November 2012 destroyed the plant’s operating capacity, requiring closure of the facility and its disconnection from the state’s electrical grid. … DWR anticipates re-starting the first of its four generating units later this spring and resuming the production and transmission of electricity to the state’s electrical grid when the plant returns to full operation in the summer of 2019.