List of power stations in California

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This is a list of power stations in the U.S. state of California that are used for utility-scale electricity generation. This includes baseload, peaking, and energy storage power stations, but does not include large backup generators. As of 2018, California had 80 GW of installed generation capacity encompassing more than 1,500 power plants; with 41 GW of natural gas, 26.5 GW of renewable (12 GW solar, 6 GW wind), 12 GW large hydroelectric, and 2.4 GW nuclear.[2]: 1 

Sources of California in-state electricity generation in 2024.[1]
  1. Natural gas (40.3%)
  2. Solar (22.3%)
  3. Hydroelectric (14.3%)
  4. Nuclear (8.58%)
  5. Wind (6.92%)
  6. Geothermal (5.09%)
  7. Biomass (2.28%)
  8. Waste heat/petroleum (0.15%)
  9. Coal (0.10%)

In 2020, California had a total summer capacity of 78,055 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 193,075 GWh.[3] Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources.[4] Utility-scale solar photovoltaic and thermal sources together generated 17% of electricity in 2021. Small-scale solar including customer-owned PV panels delivered an additional net 19,828 GWh to California's electrical grid, equal to about half the generation by the state's utility-scale facilities.[5]

The Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County is the largest power station in California with a nameplate capacity of 2,256 MW and an annual generation of 18,214 GWh in 2018.[6] The largest under construction is the Westlands Solar Park in Kings County, which will generate 2,000 MW when completed in 2025.[7][8]

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) oversees the operation of its member utilities.[9]

California electricity production by type showing seasonal variation in generation
California power grid
Locations of the three largest power stations (per type) in California.
biomass, coal, geothermal, hydro, natural gas,
nuclear, solar, wind
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Battery storage

This is a list of operational battery storage power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Power
(MW)		 Energy storage
(MWh)		 Owner Year Ref
Edwards Sanborn 3287 2022-2024 875 MW(dc) solar[10]
Vistra 500kV Moss Landing ? 450 1800 Vistra Moss Landing 2020-23 [11]
Crimson Energy Storage Blythe 33°36′37″N 114°35′47″W 350 1400 Recurrent Energy October 2022 [12][13][14]
Desert Peak Energy Storage I Palm Springs 325 1300 July 2023 [15][16]
Eland 300 1200 Arevon 2025 758 MW solar[17][18]
Condor San Bernardino 200 800 Arevon 2024 [19]
Peregrine Barrio Logan 200 800 Arevon 2025 [20]
Moss Landing Elkhorn battery Moss Landing 182.5 730 2022 [21]
Vikings Holtville 150 600 Arevon 2025 157 MW solar[22]
Alamitos BESS Long Beach ? 100 400 Alamitos Energy Center 2021 [23][24][25]
Stanton Battery Energy Storage Stanton 33°48′24.3864″N 117°59′15.4968″W 68.8 275.2 W Power, LLC 2023 [26]
Gateway Energy Storage Otay Mesa 32°34′11″N 116°54′39″W 250 250 LS Power Group 2020 [27]
Pomona Energy Storage Facility Pomona 34°03′34″N 117°46′27″W 20 80 AltaGas 2017 [28][29]
Beacon BESS 1 Kern County 35°15′25″N 118°01′25″W 20 10 LADWP 2018 [30][31]
El Centro BESS El Centro 32°48′11″N 115°32′33″W 30 20 IID 2016 [32][33]
Escondido Energy Storage Escondido 33°07′29″N 117°06′53″W 30 120 SDG&E, AES 2017 [34][35]
Mira Loma Energy Storage Facility Ontario 34°00′24″N 117°33′34″W 20 80 SCE, Tesla Energy 2017 [36][37]
Vista Energy Storage System Vista 33°12′15″N 117°15′13″W 40 ? LS Power Group 2018 [38][39]
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Biomass

Puente Hills Energy Recovery
Greenleaf Power's Desert View woody-biomass plant at Mecca, California

This is a list of operational biomass and biogas power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Type Year Ref
Buena Vista Biomass Power Buena Vista 38°17′N 120°55′W 18.5 Maas Companies Biomass 1990s [40][41]
Burney Forest Power Johnson Park 40°55′N 121°38′W 11 North American Energy Services Biomass [42]
Desert View Power Mecca 33°35′N 116°05′W 55.5 Greenleaf Power Biomass 1992 [43][44]
Dinuba Energy Reedley 36°34′N 119°25′W 12 Community Renewable Energy Services Biomass 1985 [40][45]
Honey Lake Lassen County 40°22′N 120°16′W 32 Greenleaf Power Biomass 1989 [40]
Hyperion DGUP Los Angeles 33°55′35″N 118°25′49″W 33 Los Angeles City Sanitation Biogas 2016 [46][47][48]
Loyalton Biomass Plant Loyalton 39°40′N 120°14′W 20 American Renewable Power Biomass 1987 [49][40][50]
Mount Poso Cogeneration Kern County 35°35′N 119°01′W 45 DTE Power Biomass 1980 [40][51][52]
Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station Tuolumne County 37°52′N 120°29′W 22 IHI Power Generation Corporation, Jamestown Energy Biomass 1986 [40][53]
Port of Stockton District Energy Facility Stockton 37°56′N 121°20′W 50 DTE Power Biomass 1988 [40][54][55]
Puente Hills Energy Recovery Los Angeles County 34°01′25″N 118°01′28″W 50 Los Angeles County Sanitation District Biogas 1980s [56]
Reworld Stanislaus Stanislaus County 37°23′07″N 121°08′28″W 22.5 Reworld Biomass 1989 [57]
Rio Bravo Fresno Fresno 36°41′N 119°43′W 28.7 IHI Power Generation Corporation Biomass 1988 [note 1] [40][58]
Rio Bravo Rocklin Whitney 38°50′N 121°19′W 27.3 Constellation Energy, North American Power Group Biomass 1989 [40][59]
Scotia Mill Scotia 40°28′52.5″N 124°06′16.2″W 18 Humboldt Sawmill Company Biomass 1988 [60]
Southeast Resource Recovery Facility Long Beach 33°45′33″N 118°14′25″W 35.6 Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Covanta Energy Incinerator 1988 [61][62][63]
Sunshine Gas Producers Los Angeles County 34°20′08″N 118°31′10″W 23.5 DTE Power Biogas 2014 [64][65]
Total Energy Facilities San Pedro 33°46′24″N 118°17′01″W 38.4 Los Angeles County Sanitation District Biogas 1980s [66][67]
Wheelabrator Shasta Anderson 40°26′N 122°17′W 55 Wheelabrator Technologies Biomass 1987 [68][69]
Woodland Woodland 38°41′N 121°44′W 25 DTE Power Biomass [40][70]
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    To be decommissioned in 2021.[58]

Coal

The Argus Cogeneration Plant in San Bernardino County is the only coal-fired power station still operating within the state of California. The Intermountain Power Plant (which is 75% owned by LADWP along with five other Los Angeles area cities) in the state of Utah supplied 20% of the electricity consumed by Los Angeles residents in 2017.[71]

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Type Year Ref Notes
Argus Cogeneration Plant Trona 35°45′54″N 117°22′56″W 63 Searles Valley Minerals Coal 1978 [72][73][74]
Intermountain Power Plant Delta, Utah 39°30′27″N 112°34′49″W 1,900 LADWP (50%), other Los Angeles area cities (25%) Coal 1986 [75] Plans exist for replacing this plant with an 840-MW natural gas plant, capable of burning up to 30% hydrogen, by 2025.
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Geothermal

Main article: List of geothermal power stations in the United States

This is a list of all operational geothermal power stations in California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Type Year Ref
Coso Inyo County 36°01′00″N 117°47′51″W 272.2 Coso Operating Company Flash steam 1987 [76][77]
The Geysers Sonoma, Lake County 38°47′26″N 122°45′21″W 1,590 Calpine, NCPA, SVP, USRG Dry steam 1960 [78][79][80]
Heber Imperial County 32°42′52″N 115°31′37″W 161.5 Ormat Binary cycle 1985 [81][82]
Imperial Valley Imperial County 33°09′48″N 115°37′00″W 432.3 CalEnergy, EnergySource Dry steam 1982 [83][84]
Mammoth Mono County 37°38′44″N 118°54′42″W 40 Ormat Binary cycle 1984 [85][86][87][88]
North Brawley Imperial County 33°00′52″N 115°32′27″W 64 Ormat Binary cycle 2010 [89][90]
Ormesa Imperial County 32°46′59″N 115°15′15″W 101.6 Ormat Binary cycle 1987 [91][92][93][94]
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Hydroelectric

See also: List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States

Conventional

Oroville Dam, the second largest hydroelectric dam in California by nameplate capacity

Conventional hydroelectric power stations include traditional reservoir and run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations. The list below includes all conventional hydroelectric power station in the state with a nameplate capacity of at least 50 megawatts.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Year Ref
Balch Powerhouse Fresno County 36°54′32″N 119°05′16″W 128.2 PG&E 1927 [95][96]
Belden Powerhouse Plumas County 40°00′27″N 121°14′58″W 118 PG&E 1969 [97]
Big Creek No. 1 Fresno County 37°12′15″N 119°14′23″W 88.4 SCE 1913 [98]
Big Creek No. 2 Fresno County 37°11′57″N 119°18′20″W 66.6 SCE 1913 [99]
Big Creek No. 2A Fresno County 37°11′56″N 119°18′22″W 110 SCE 1928 [100]
Big Creek No. 3 Fresno County 37°08′55″N 119°23′12″W 174.5 SCE 1923 [101]
Big Creek No. 4 Fresno County 37°08′21″N 119°29′23″W 100 SCE 1951 [102]
Big Creek No. 8 Fresno County 37°12′35″N 119°19′44″W 75 SCE 1921 [103]
Bucks Creek Powerhouse Plumas County 39°54′38″N 121°19′39″W 66 PG&E 1928 [104][105]
Camino Powerhouse El Dorado County 38°47′44″N 120°37′19″W 157.8 SMUD [106]
Caribou No. 1 Plumas County 40°05′08″N 121°08′53″W 73.8 PG&E 1921 [107]
Caribou No. 2 Plumas County 40°05′10″N 121°08′58″W 118 PG&E 1958 [108]
Cresta Powerhouse Plumas County 39°49′34″N 121°24′34″W 73.8 PG&E [109]
Devil Canyon San Bernardino 34°12′20″N 117°20′05″W 276.2 CDWR [110]
Dion R Holm Powerhouse Tuolumne County 37°53′48″N 119°58′06″W 156.8 [111]
Donnells Powerhouse Tuolumne County 38°14′47″N 120°02′02″W 72 [112]
Drum No. 2 Powerhouse Placer County 39°15′26″N 120°46′01″W 53 PG&E [113]
Electra Powerhouse Amador County 38°19′52″N 120°40′12″W 102.5 PG&E 1900 [114][115]
Folsom Dam Folsom 38°42′28″N 121°09′23″W 198.6 USBR 1956 [116]
Haas Powerhouse Fresno County 36°55′39″N 119°01′13″W 135 PG&E [117]
James B Black Powerhouse Shasta County 40°59′32″N 121°58′31″W 168.6 PG&E [118]
Jaybird Powerhouse El Dorado County 38°50′03″N 120°31′54″W 161.6 SMUD 1961 [119]
Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse Shasta County 40°38′49″N 122°37′37″W 154.4 USBR 1963 [120]
Kerckhoff Powerhouse No. 2 Fresno County 37°04′17″N 119°33′32″W 139.5 PG&E [121]
Keswick Dam Keswick 40°36′43″N 122°26′45″W 117 USBR 1950 [122]
Loon Lake Powerhouse El Dorado County 38°59′05″N 120°19′40″W 74 SMUD 1971 [123]
Mammoth Pool Powerhouse Madera County 37°13′13″N 119°20′16″W 190 SCE 1959 [124]
Middle Fork Powerhouse Placer County 39°01′29″N 120°35′47″W 122.4 [125]
Moccasin Powerhouse Moccasin 37°48′33″N 120°17′58″W 100 SFPUC 1930 [126]
New Bullards Bar Dam Yuba County 39°23′36″N 121°08′35″W 315 YCWA 1969 [127]
New Don Pedro Dam La Grange 37°42′03″N 120°25′15″W 170.8 MID, TID 1971 [128]
New Exchequer Dam Merced Falls 37°39′32″N 120°15′14″W 94.5 MeID 1967 [129]
New Melones Dam Calaveras County 37°56′57″N 120°31′27″W 300 USBR 1979 [130][131]
Oroville Dam Oroville 39°32′20″N 121°29′08″W 644 CDWR 1968 [132]
Parker Dam Parker Dam 34°17′47″N 114°08′21″W 120 USBR 1938 [133]
Pine Flat Dam Piedra 36°49′57″N 119°19′33″W 165 USACE 1954 [134]
Pit No. 1 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°59′27″N 121°29′53″W 69.2 PG&E [135]
Pit No. 3 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°59′51″N 121°44′52″W 80 PG&E [136]
Pit No. 4 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°59′11″N 121°50′57″W 103.4 PG&E [137]
Pit No. 5 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°59′11″N 121°58′39″W 141.6 PG&E [138]
Pit No. 6 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°55′21″N 121°59′34″W 79.2 PG&E [139]
Pit No. 7 Powerhouse Shasta County 40°50′51″N 121°59′26″W 109.8 PG&E [140]
Poe Powerhouse Plumas County 39°43′22″N 121°28′11″W 142.8 PG&E [141]
R.C. Kirkwood Powerhouse Tuolumne County 37°52′39″N 119°57′12″W 155.5 [142]
Ralston Powerhouse Placer County 39°00′04″N 120°43′30″W 79.2 [143]
Rock Creek Powerhouse Plumas County 39°54′18″N 121°20′43″W 126 PG&E [144]
San Francisquito No. 1 Los Angeles County 34°35′24″N 118°27′17″W 65.5 LADWP 1917 [145]
Shasta Dam Shasta Lake 40°43′07″N 122°25′08″W 714 USBR 1945 [146][147]
Spring Creek Power Plant Keswick 40°37′42″N 122°28′04″W 180 USBR 1964 [148]
Tiger Creek Powerhouse Amador County 38°26′57″N 120°29′34″W 52.2 PG&E 1931 [149][150]
Trinity Dam Trinity County 40°47′58″N 122°45′46″W 140 USBR 1962 [151]
White Rock Powerhouse El Dorado County 38°45′54″N 120°47′14″W 266.5 SMUD [152]
William E. Warne Los Angeles County 34°41′06″N 118°47′17″W 74 CDWR [153]
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Pumped-storage

Castaic Power Plant, the largest pumped-storage power station in California

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is important means of large-scale grid energy storage that helps improve the daily capacity factor of California's electricity generation system. This is a list of all operational pumped-storage power stations in California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Year Ref
Castaic Los Angeles County 34°35′15″N 118°39′24″W 1,500 CDWR, LADWP 1973 [154]
Helms Fresno County 37°02′21″N 118°57′49″W 1,212 PG&E 1984 [155]
J.S. Eastwood Fresno County 37°08′52″N 119°15′24″W 200 SCE 1987 [156][157]
Lake Hodges San Diego County 33°03′29″N 117°07′08″W 42 SDCWA 2012 [158]
O'Neill Merced County 37°05′55″N 121°02′52″W 25 USBR 1967 [159]
Thermalito Thermalito 39°30′55″N 121°37′45″W 120 CDWR 1968 [160]
William R. Gianelli Merced County 37°04′07″N 121°04′48″W 424 CDWR, USBR 1968 [161]
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Natural gas

Alamitos Energy Center, the largest natural gas-fired power station in California

This is a list of operational natural gas-fired power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 100 megawatts.

More information Name, Location ...
NameLocationCoords.Capacity
(MW)		OwnerYearRef
AES Redondo Beach Redondo 33°50′59″N 118°23′43″W 1,310 AES Corporation 1954 [note 1] [163]
Alamitos Energy Center Long Beach 33°46′09″N 118°06′07″W 1,760 AES Corporation 1950s [164][165]
Almond Power Plant Ceres 37°34′28″N 120°59′07″W 233.5 Turlock Irrigation District 1995 [166][167]
Blythe Energy Center Blythe 33°36′44″N 114°40′51″W 507 AltaGas [168][169]
Canyon Power Project Anaheim 33°51′31″N 117°51′43″W 200 SCPPA 2011 [170][171]
Carlsbad Energy Center Carlsbad 33°08′24″N 117°20′0″W 530 NRG Energy 2019 [172]
Carson Ice-Gen Project Sacramento County 38°26′44″N 121°27′45″W 125.5 Carson Energy Group 1995 [173][174]
Colusa Generating Station Maxwell 39°21′55″N 122°16′7″W 712.4 PG&E 2010 [175][176]
Cosumnes Power Plant Herald 38°20′18″N 121°7′26″W 556 SMUD 2006 [177][178]
Crockett Cogeneration Project Crockett 38°03′26″N 122°12′55″W 247.4 C&H Sugar 1996 [179][180]
Delta Energy Center Pittsburg 38°1′2″N 121°50′44″W 857 Calpine 2002 [181][182]
Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant Santa Clara 37°22′37″N 121°57′4″W 154 SVP 2005 [183]
El Centro Generating Station El Centro 32°48′08″N 115°32′23″W 388.3 [note 2] IID 1957 [184][185][186]
El Segundo Cogen El Segundo 33°54′20″N 118°24′13″W 180 Chevron 1987 [187][188]
El Segundo Energy Center El Segundo 33°54′36″N 118°25′29″W 537.4 NRG Energy, Clearway Energy 1964 [189][190]
Elk Hills Power Kern County 35°16′48″N 119°28′14″W 623 Sempra Energy Resources, Occidental Petroleum 2003 [191][192][193]
Foster Wheeler Martinez Power Plant Martinez 38°01′16″N 122°04′04″W 113.5 [194]
Gateway Generating Station Antioch 38°1′1″N 121°45′32″W 530 PG&E 2009 [195][196]
Gilroy Cogeneration Plant Gilroy 37°00′01″N 121°32′13″W 130 Calpine 1988 [197][198]
Gilroy Energy Center Gilroy 36°59′57″N 121°32′11″W 141 Calpine 2002 [199][200]
Glenarm Power Plant Pasadena 34°07′35″N 118°08′54″W 265.6 Pasadena Water and Power 1907 [201]
Grayson Power Plant Glendale 34°09′19″N 118°16′42″W 301 Glendale Water and Power 1941 [202][203]
Harbor Steam Plant Wilmington 33°46′10″N 118°15′55″W 548 LADWP 1949 [note 3] [206][207]
Haynes Generating Station Long Beach 33°45′56″N 118°05′44″W 575 LADWP 1957 [note 4] [208][209]
High Desert Power Project Adelanto 34°35′42″N 117°21′52″W 852 NAES 2003 [210][211][212]
Humboldt Bay Generating Station Humboldt Bay 40°44′27″N 124°12′30″W 167 PG&E 2010 [213][214]
Huntington Beach Energy Project Huntington Beach 33°38′42″N 117°58′35″W 869 AES Corporation 1958 [215]
Indigo Energy Facility Desert Hot Springs 33°54′40″N 116°33′11″W 149.7 Wildflower Energy 2001 [216][217]
Kern River Cogeneration Bakersfield 35°26′23″N 118°59′22″W 300 Fluor, Texaco 1987 [218][219]
King City Cogeneration Plant King City 36°13′30″N 121°07′34″W 120 Calpine 1989 [220][221]
La Paloma McKittrick 35°17′47″N 119°35′34″W 1,200 NAES 2003 [222][223][224]
Lodi Energy Center Lodi 38°05′17″N 121°23′14″W 339 NCPA 2012 [225][226][227]
Los Esteros Critical Energy Center San Jose 37°25′30″N 121°55′56″W 306 Calpine 2003 [228][229]
Los Medanos Energy Center Pittsburg 38°1′48″N 121°52′23″W 678.3 Calpine 2001 [230][231][181]
Magnolia Power Project Burbank 34°10′40″N 118°18′53″W 448 SCPPA 1941 [232][233][234][235]
Malaga Power Plant Malaga 36°41′24″N 119°44′26″W 121 KRCD 2005 [236][237]
Malburg Generating Station Vernon 33°59′55″N 118°13′16″W 141.8 City of Vernon 2005 [238][239][240]
Mariposa Energy Project Alameda 37°47′21″N 121°36′06″W 199.6 Mariposa Energy 2011 [241][242]
Marsh Landing Antioch 38°1′0″N 121°45′54″W 828 NRG Energy 2013 [243][244][245]
Martinez Refining Co. Power Plant Martinez 38°01′01″N 122°06′47″W 100 [246]
McClure Power Plant Modesto 37°37′45″N 120°55′53″W 142.4 [247]
Metcalf Energy Center Coyote 37°13′12″N 121°44′41″W 635 Calpine 2005 [248][249][250]
Midway Sunset Kern County 35°13′38″N 119°37′47″W 234 Sunoco LP, SCE 1989 [251][252]
Miramar Energy Facility San Diego 32°52′34″N 117°09′56″W 106 [253]
Moss Landing Power Plant Moss Landing 36°48′18″N 121°46′55″W 1,060 Vistra Energy 1950 [254][255]
Mountainview Generating Station Redlands 34°4′51″N 117°14′34″W 1,036 SCE 1956 [256][257][258]
Niland Peaker Niland 33°14′35″N 115°29′58″W 121 IID 2008 [259][260]
Orange Grove Energy Center Pala 33°21′33″N 117°06′41″W 118 NAES, J-POWER USA 2010 [261][262]
Ormond Beach Oxnard 34°7′45″N 119°10′8″W 1,516 NRG Energy 1971 [note 5] [264]
Otay Mesa Energy Center Otay Mesa 32°34′25″N 116°54′48″W 688.5 Calpine 2009 [265][266][267]
Palomar Energy Center Escondido 33°7′10″N 117°7′3″W 559 SDG&E 2006 [268][269]
Panoche Energy Center Firebaugh 36°39′09″N 120°34′55″W 682.2 NAES 2009 [270][271][272][273][274]
Pastoria Energy Facility Kern County 34°57′22″N 118°50′38″W 779 Calpine 2005 [275][276]
Pio Pico Energy Center Otay Mesa 32°34′26″N 116°55′05″W 395.4 NAES, SWG 2016 [277][278]
Redding Power Redding 40°30′33″N 122°25′27″W 183 MLP Power 1995 [279][280]
Richmond Cogen Richmond 37°56′25″N 122°23′23″W 155.6 Chevron 1992 [281][282]
Ripon Cogen Ripon 37°43′53″N 121°06′58″W 170.5 MID 2006 [283][284][285]
Riverside Energy Resource Center Riverside 33°57′48″N 117°27′11″W 196 [286]
Roseville Energy Park Roseville 38°47′33″N 121°22′56″W 164 Roseville Energy 2007 [287][288]
Russell City Energy Center Hayward 37°38′7″N 122°8′4″W 655 Calpine, GE Power 2013 [289][290]
SCA Cogen 2 Sacramento 38°31′51″N 121°24′01″W 193.4 [291]
SCA Cogen 3 Sacramento 38°30′40″N 121°28′26″W 174 [292]
Scattergood Playa del Rey 33°55′07″N 118°25′40″W 876 LADWP 1959 [note 6] [293][207]
Sentinel Energy Center Desert Hot Springs 33°56′11″N 116°34′22″W 800 Gemma Power 2013 [294][295]
Sunrise Power Plant Fellows 35°12′38″N 119°35′04″W 605.4 Chevron, SCE 2001 [296][297][298]
Sutter Energy Center Sutter County 39°03′10″N 121°41′47″W 636 Calpine 2001 [299][300]
Sycamore Cogeneration Bakersfield 35°20′40″N 118°43′44″W 300 Chevron 1987 [301][302]
Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant Tracy 37°42′40″N 121°29′30″W 336 GWF Energy 2012 [303]
Valley Los Angeles 34°14′39″N 118°23′33″W 690.5 LADWP 1957 [304][207]
Walnut Energy Center Turlock 37°29′15″N 120°53′45″W 300.6 TID 1987 [305][306]
Walnut Creek Energy Park Industry 34°00′30″N 117°56′41″W 500 EME 2013 [307][308]
Watson Cogeneration Project Carson 33°49′00″N 118°14′42″W 405 BP 1988 [309][310]
Woodland Generation Station Modesto 37°39′10″N 121°01′13″W 199 MID 2003 [311][312]
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    To be decommissioned in 2021, 2022, or 2023.[162]
  2. [2]
    Includes 30 MW of battery storage.
  3. [3]
    To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.[204][205]
  4. [4]
    To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.[204][205]
  5. [5]
    To be decommissioned by the end of 2021.[263]
  6. [6]
    To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.[204]

Nuclear

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

The Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been the only nuclear power station in California since the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. Due to the changing dynamics of electricity generation in California, Diablo Canyon is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025.[313][314] The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (the largest power generator in the United States), which is 27% owned by California power agencies, in the neighboring state of Arizona supplies a significant amount of power to southern California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Type Year Ref
Diablo Canyon San Luis Obispo County 35°12′39″N 120°51′22″W 2,256 PG&E PWR 1985 [6]
Palo Verde Tonopah, Arizona 3,937 Southern California Edison, SCPPA, LADWP, and others PWR 1986–1988
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Petroleum

This is a list of operational petroleum-fired power stations in California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Fuel Year Ref
Oakland Power Plant Oakland 37°47′48″N 122°16′55″W 165 Vistra Energy Jet fuel 1980s [315][316][317]
Pebbly Beach Generating Station Avalon 33°19′59″N 118°18′37″W 12.7 SCE Diesel [318]
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Solar

See also: Solar power in California

Photovoltaic

Topaz Solar Farm
See also: List of photovoltaic power stations

This is a list of very large (>100MW) solar photovoltaic power stations in California as of January 1, 2019.

To update and expand this list, search the Energy Information Administration's plant-level data set by visiting the Electricity Data Browser. Alternatively, view the Solar Industry Association's Major Solar Projects List which is less frequently updated.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MWAC)		 Owner Year Ref
Antelope Expansion 2 Los Angeles County 34°44′45″N 118°18′35″W 105 2019 [319][320]
Antelope Valley Solar Ranch Los Angeles County 34°46′N 118°25′W 230 Exelon 2014
Astoria Solar Project Kern County 34°50′39″N 118°27′31″W 175 2016 [321]
Beacon Solar Project Kern County 35°15′25″N 118°00′47″W 250 LADWP 2017
Bellefield Kern County 35.06°N 118.08°W / 35.06; -118.08 (Bellefield Solar) 500 Amazon. 1 GWh battery 2025 [322]
Blythe Solar Power Project Riverside County 33°39′N 114°43′W 235 NextEra Energy 2016
California Flats Solar Project Carrizo Plain 35°53′N 120°24′W 280 Capital Dynamics 2019
California Valley Solar Ranch Carrizo Plain 35°20′N 119°55′W 250 NRG Energy 2013
Campo Verde Solar Project Imperial County 32°45′N 115°43′W 139 Southern Company, Turner Renewable Energy 2013 [323]
Catalina Solar Project Kern County 34°55′51″N 118°20′06″W 143.2 enXco 2012 [324]
Centinela Solar Energy Project Imperial County 32°40′55″N 115°39′38″W 170 2013
Desert Stateline Solar Facility San Bernardino County 35°35′08″N 115°26′09″W 250 Southern Company, First Solar 2016
Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Sonoran Desert 33°49′33″N 115°24′08″W 550 NextEra Energy, GE Power, Sumitomo Group 2015
Garland Solar Facility Kern County 34°49′31″N 118°31′30″W 200 2016 [325]
Great Valley Solar Farm Fresno County 36°34′52″N 120°22′46″W 200 2018 [326]
Henrietta Solar Project Kings County 36°13′08″N 119°48′21″W 105 2016 [327]
Imperial Solar Energy Center South Imperial County 32°39′36″N 115°39′36″W 130 Tenaska 2013
Imperial Solar Energy Center West Imperial County 32°46′30″N 115°47′06″W 150 Tenaska 2016
McCoy Solar Energy Project Sonoran Desert 33°43′00″N 114°45′00″W 250 NextEra Energy 2016
Mount Signal Solar Imperial County 32°40′24″N 115°38′23″W 460 TerraForm Power, Capital Dynamics 2014
Mustang Solar Project Kings County 36°13′18″N 119°54′11″W 100 2016 [328]
North Rosamond Solar Project Los Angeles County 34°51′43″N 118°22′50″W 150 2019 [329]
Panoche Valley Solar Farm San Benito County 36°37′N 120°52′W 130 Panoche Valley Solar 2018
Quinto Solar Project Merced County 37°07′49″N 121°03′08″W 110 2015 [330]
San Pablo Raceway Solar Project Los Angeles County 34°43′26″N 118°16′47″W 100 2019 [331]
Solar Gen 2 Facility Imperial County 33°04′48″N 115°28′12″W 150 2014 [332]
Solar Star Kern County 34°49′50″N 118°23′53″W 579 BHE Renewables 2015
Springbok Solar Farm Kern County 35.25°N 117.96°W / 35.25; -117.96 (Springbok Solar Farm) 260 8minutenergy 2016
Topaz Solar Farm Carrizo Plain 35°23′N 120°4′W 550 Berkshire Hathaway Energy 2014
Tranquility Solar Project Fresno County 36°37′2″N 120°23′16″W 200 2016 [333]
Valentine Solar Project Kern County 35°29′30″N 118°51′37″W 111.2 2019 [334]
Willow Springs Solar Project Los Angeles County 34°49′35″N 118°20′07″W 100 2019 [335]
Wright Solar Project Merced County 37°00′45″N 120°57′47″W 200 2020 [336]
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Thermal

Solar Energy Generating Systems, the first solar thermal power station in California
See also: List of solar thermal power stations

This is a list of all operational solar thermal power stations in California.

More information Station, Location ...
Station Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Owner Type Year Ref
Genesis Solar Energy Project Riverside County 33°39′54″N 114°59′41″W 250 NextEra Energy Parabolic trough 2014
Ivanpah Solar Power Facility San Bernardino County 35.57°N 115.47°W / 35.57; -115.47 (Ivanpah Solar Power Facility) 392 BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy, Google Solar power tower 2014
Mojave Solar Project San Bernardino County 35°00′40″N 117°19′30″W 280 Abengoa Solar Parabolic trough 2014
Solar Energy Generating Systems San Bernardino County 35°01′54″N 117°20′53″W 354 [note 1] NextEra Energy Parabolic trough 1984
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  1. [1]
    Includes 44 MW of PV

Wind

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm
See also: Wind power in California

This is a list of all operational wind farms in California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year Ref
Alta Wind Energy Center Kern County 35°1′16″N 118°19′14″W 1,548 2011 [337]
Altamont Pass Wind Farm [note 1] Altamont 37°42′45″N 121°33′54″W 266 1981 [337]
Dinosaur Point Wind Farm Merced County 37°02′50″N 121°11′42″W 17.4 1998 [338][339]
Hatchet Ridge Wind Project Shasta County 40°53′25″N 121°47′49″W 101.2 2010 [340][341]
High Winds Wind Energy Center Solano County 38°08′25″N 121°48′25″W 162 2003 [342][343]
Kumeyaay Wind Farm Campo Kumeyaay Nation 32°42′20″N 116°20′32″W 50 2005 [344][345]
Manzana Wind Farm Kern County 34°55′11″N 118°26′55″W 340.7 2013 [346][347][348]
Montezuma Wind Energy Center Solano County 38°09′23″N 121°47′35″W 115 2010 [349][350][351]
Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility Ocotillo 32°44′40″N 116°02′34″W 265.4 2012 [352][353]
Pine Tree Wind Power Project Kern County 35°14′49″N 118°10′35″W 135 2009 [354][355]
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm [note 2] Whitewater 33°56′05″N 116°34′40″W 675.7 1982 [356][337]
Shiloh Wind Power Plant Birds Landing 38°07′33″N 121°50′03″W 520.5 2006 [337]
Sky River Wind Farm Kern County 35°20′42″N 118°11′09″W 239 1991 [357][358][359]
Solano Wind Farm Solano County 38°06′50″N 121°45′50″W 228.2 1994 [360][361]
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm [note 3] Kern County 35°04′05″N 118°15′45″W 1,244 1986 [337]
Tule Wind Energy Project San Diego County 32°43′17″N 116°15′44″W 143 2017 [362][363]
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  1. [1]
    Includes 5 individual wind farms as of February 2020.
  2. [2]
    Includes 29 individual wind farms as of February 2020.
  3. [3]
    Includes 37 individual wind farms as of February 2020.

Under construction

This is a list of power stations under construction in California.

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates AC Capacity
(MW)		 Type Completion Notes Ref
Big Beau Solar and Storage Project Kern County 34°54′24″N 118°21′11″W 128 Solar farm, Battery storage 2021 Includes a 40 MW, 160 MWh of battery storage system. [364][365]
Desert Harvest Solar Project Riverside County 33°44′22″N 115°24′02″W 150 Solar farm 2020 [366]
Westlands Solar Park Kings County 36°10′N 119°56′W 2,000 Solar farm 2025 Demonstration project completed in June 2016. To be gradually expanded out to 2,000 MW by 2025. [367]
Edwards Sanborn Kern County 346 Solar farm, Battery storage 2022 Includes 735 MWh of battery storage system. [368]
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Former facilities

More information Name, Location ...
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Type Commissioned Decommissioned Ref
Coolwater Generating Station Daggett 34°51′43″N 116°51′22″W 636 Natural gas ? January 2015 [369]
Covanta Delano Energy Delano 35°43′N 119°14′W 58 Biomass ? December 2015 [40][370]
Covanta Mendota Energy Mendota 36°46′N 120°22′W 25 Biomass ? January 2015 [40]
Covanta Pacific Oroville Oroville 39°29′N 121°34′W 18 Biomass ? December 2012 [40][371]
Encina Power Station Carlsbad 33°08′11″N 117°20′13″W 965 Natural gas 1954 December 11, 2018 [372][172]
Humboldt Bay Power Plant - Unit 3 Humboldt Bay 40°44′29″N 124°12′33″W 65 Nuclear (BWR) 1963 1976 [373]
Hunters Point Power Plant San Francisco 37.7374°N 122.3763°W / 37.7374; -122.3763 (Hunters Point Power Plant) 450 Natural gas + aeroderivative peaker December 3, 1929 May 15, 2006 [374][375][376]
Imperial Valley Resource Recovery Imperial County 32°55′N 115°31′W 18 Biomass January 2009 December 2010 [40][377]
Inland Empire Energy Center Sun City 33°44′20″N 117°10′11″W 819 Natural gas 2008 December 2019 [378][379][380]
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant Bakersfield 35°34′06″N 119°12′06″W 5 Solar thermal (CLFR) January 2009 September 2014 [381]
Mandalay Generating Station Oxnard 34°12′23″N 119°15′2″W 560 Natural gas ? January 2018 [382][383]
Morro Bay Power Plant Morro Bay 35°22′20″N 120°51′25″W 650 Natural gas 1950s 2014 [384]
Pittsburg Generating Station Pittsburg 38°2′21″N 121°53′40″W 1,370 Natural gas 1954 December 2016 [385][386][181]
Potrero Generating Station San Francisco 37.7566°N 122.3821°W / 37.7566; -122.3821 (Potrero Generating Station) 360 Natural gas + aeroderivative peaker c.1890 January 1, 2011 [387]
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station Herald 38°20′43″N 121°07′18″W 917 Nuclear (PWR) 1975 2009 [388]
Rio Bravo Jasmin Power Plant Bakersfield 35°44′29″N 119°3′6″W 35 Coal, Petcoke 1989 December 2014 [389][390]
Rio Bravo Poso Power Plant Bakersfield 35°32′46″N 119°4′39″W 35 Coal, Petcoke 1989 2015 [389][390]
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station San Diego County 33°22′8″N 117°33′18″W 2,254 Nuclear (PWR) January 1, 1968 June 7, 2013 [391]
Sodium Reactor Experiment Simi Valley 34°14′7″N 118°42′30″W 6.5 Nuclear July 12, 1957 February 15, 1964 [392][393]
Sierra SunTower Lancaster 34°46′0.0″N 118°8′0.0″W 5 Solar thermal (SPT) January 2010 December 2014 [394][395]
The Solar Project Daggett 34°52′19″N 116°50′03″W 10 Solar thermal (SPT) 1982, 1995 1986, 1999
South Bay Power Plant Chula Vista 32°36′50″N 117°05′47″W 700 Natural gas 1960 2010 [396][397]
Stockton Cogeneration Facility Stockton 37°54′45″N 121°15′43″W 60 Coal 1988 2012 [398]
Tracy Biomass Tracy 37°43′N 121°29′W 23 Biomass 1990 2015 [40][399]
Vernon Light and Power Vernon 38 Diesel fuel 1933 [400][401]
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