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Maxwell Capacitor Station

Operator Western Area Power Administration

In service (mapped)Data checked 12 November 2026

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Maxwell Capacitor Station is a substation 14 km north-west of Williams, California, United States. Its status in the OpenStreetMap is in service (mapped). No other energy site in the register's datasets is within 10 km. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 450 incidents at grid sites in the United States, and 1232 worldwide.

The operator's 11 other sites and 4 energy sites within 40 km for Maxwell Capacitor Station

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Technology
Substation (500 kV substation)
Status
In service (mapped) (Mapped as a substation in OpenStreetMap with no disused, construction or proposed tag)
Operator
Western Area Power Administration
Location
California, United States

View on OpenStreetMap. The larger dot is this site; the others are sites within 40 km.

Alerts for applications and incidents near here

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Maxwell Capacitor Station. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

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Has Maxwell Capacitor Station had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 12 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Maxwell Capacitor Station; it holds 450 incidents at grid sites in the United States.
What is the status of Maxwell Capacitor Station?
In service (mapped), in the OpenStreetMap.
Where is Maxwell Capacitor Station?
14 km north-west of Williams, California, United States.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database Licence (ODbL), openstreetmap.org/copyright. The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).