List of power stations in California

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^[update], 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 2022.^[1] This accounted for 70% of CA's demand in 2022; the remaining 30% was imported.^[1]

1. Natural gas (47.46%)
2. Solar (19.92%)
3. Nuclear (8.67%)
4. Hydroelectric (8.66%)
5. Wind (6.86%)
6. Geothermal (5.47%)
7. Biomass (2.64%)
8. Waste heat/petroleum (0.15%)
9. Coal (0.13%)

California in-state electricity generation by source 2001-2020 (ignores imports which made up 32% of demand in 2018, but varies by year). 2012 is when San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down; 2017 and 2019 were high rainfall years.

California electricity production by type showing seasonal variation in generation

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.

Fresno

Los Angeles

Sacramento

San Diego

San Francisco

Wheelabrator Shasta

Stockton

Desert View

Argus

The Geysers

Imperial Valley

Coso

Castaic

Helms

Oroville

Diablo Canyon

Alamitos

Ormond

Redondo

Solar Star

Desert Sunlight

Topaz

Alta

Tehachapi

San Gorgonio

Locations of the three largest power stations (per type) in California.
biomass, coal, geothermal, hydro, natural gas,
nuclear, solar, wind
cities

Battery storage

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

Name	Location	Coordinates	Power (MW)	Energy storage (MWh)	Owner	Year	Ref
Pomona Energy Storage Facility	Pomona	34°03′34″N 117°46′27″W	20	80	AltaGas	2017	[9][10]
Beacon BESS 1	Kern County	35°15′25″N 118°01′25″W	20	10	LADWP	2018	[11][12]
Crimson Energy Storage	Blythe	33°36′37″N 114°35′47″W	350	1400	Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar	2022	[13][14]
El Centro BESS	El Centro	32°48′11″N 115°32′33″W	30	20	IID	2016	[15][16]
Escondido Energy Storage	Escondido	33°07′29″N 117°06′53″W	30	120	SDG&E, AES	2017	[17][18]
Mira Loma Energy Storage Facility	Ontario	34°00′24″N 117°33′34″W	20	80	SCE, Tesla Energy	2017	[19][20]
Vista Energy Storage System	Vista	33°12′15″N 117°15′13″W	40	?	LS Power Group	2018	[21][22]
Gateway Energy Storage	Otay Mesa	32°34′11″N 116°54′39″W	250	250	LS Power Group	2020	[23]
Battery Storage Project	Long Beach	?	?	400	Alamitos Energy Center	2021	[24]
Vistra 500kV	Moss Landing	?	?	100+300	Moss Landing Power Plant	2020-21	[25]

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.

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	[26][27]
Burney Forest Power	Johnson Park	40°55′N 121°38′W	11	North American Energy Services	Biomass		[28]
Desert View Power	Mecca	33°35′N 116°05′W	55.5	Greenleaf Power	Biomass	1992	[29][30]
Dinuba Energy	Reedley	36°34′N 119°25′W	12	Community Renewable Energy Services	Biomass	1985	[26][31]
Honey Lake	Lassen County	40°22′N 120°16′W	32	Greenleaf Power	Biomass	1989	[26]
Hyperion DGUP	Los Angeles	33°55′35″N 118°25′49″W	33	Los Angeles City Sanitation	Biogas	2016	[32][33][34]
Loyalton Biomass Plant	Loyalton	39°40′N 120°14′W	20	American Renewable Power	Biomass	1987	[35][26][36]
Mount Poso Cogeneration	Kern County	35°35′N 119°01′W	45	DTE Power	Biomass	1980	[26][37][38]
Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station	Tuolumne County	37°52′N 120°29′W	22	IHI Power Generation Corporation, Jamestown Energy	Biomass	1986	[26][39]
Port of Stockton District Energy Facility	Stockton	37°56′N 121°20′W	50	DTE Power	Biomass	1988	[26][40][41]
Puente Hills Energy Recovery	Los Angeles County	34°01′25″N 118°01′28″W	50	Los Angeles County Sanitation District	Biogas	1980s	[42]
Reworld Stanislaus	Stanislaus County	37°23′07″N 121°08′28″W	22.5	Reworld	Biomass	1989	[43]
Rio Bravo Fresno	Fresno	36°41′N 119°43′W	28.7	IHI Power Generation Corporation	Biomass	1988 [note 1]	[26][44]
Rio Bravo Rocklin	Whitney	38°50′N 121°19′W	27.3	Constellation Energy, North American Power Group	Biomass	1989	[26][45]
Scotia Mill	Scotia	40°28′52.5″N 124°06′16.2″W	18	Humboldt Sawmill Company	Biomass	1988	[46]
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	[47][48][49]
Sunshine Gas Producers	Los Angeles County	34°20′08″N 118°31′10″W	23.5	DTE Power	Biogas	2014	[50][51]
Total Energy Facilities	San Pedro	33°46′24″N 118°17′01″W	38.4	Los Angeles County Sanitation District	Biogas	1980s	[52][53]
Wheelabrator Shasta	Anderson	40°26′N 122°17′W	55	Wheelabrator Technologies	Biomass	1987	[54][55]
Woodland	Woodland	38°41′N 121°44′W	25	DTE Power	Biomass		[26][56]

1. To be decommissioned in 2021.^[44]

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.^[57]

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	[58][59][60]
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	[61]	Plans exist for replacing this plant with an 840-MW natural gas plant, capable of burning up to 30% hydrogen, by 2025.

Geothermal

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

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

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	[62][63]
The Geysers	Sonoma, Lake County	38°47′26″N 122°45′21″W	1,590	Calpine, NCPA, SVP, USRG	Dry steam	1960	[64][65][66]
Heber	Imperial County	32°42′52″N 115°31′37″W	161.5	Ormat	Binary cycle	1985	[67][68]
Imperial Valley	Imperial County	33°09′48″N 115°37′00″W	432.3	CalEnergy, EnergySource	Dry steam	1982	[69][70]
Mammoth	Mono County	37°38′44″N 118°54′42″W	40	Ormat	Binary cycle	1984	[71][72][73][74]
North Brawley	Imperial County	33°00′52″N 115°32′27″W	64	Ormat	Binary cycle	2010	[75][76]
Ormesa	Imperial County	32°46′59″N 115°15′15″W	101.6	Ormat	Binary cycle	1987	[77][78][79][80]

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.

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	[81][82]
Belden Powerhouse	Plumas County	40°00′27″N 121°14′58″W	118	PG&E	1969	[83]
Big Creek No. 1	Fresno County	37°12′15″N 119°14′23″W	88.4	SCE	1913	[84]
Big Creek No. 2	Fresno County	37°11′57″N 119°18′20″W	66.6	SCE	1913	[85]
Big Creek No. 2A	Fresno County	37°11′56″N 119°18′22″W	110	SCE	1928	[86]
Big Creek No. 3	Fresno County	37°08′55″N 119°23′12″W	174.5	SCE	1923	[87]
Big Creek No. 4	Fresno County	37°08′21″N 119°29′23″W	100	SCE	1951	[88]
Big Creek No. 8	Fresno County	37°12′35″N 119°19′44″W	75	SCE	1921	[89]
Bucks Creek Powerhouse	Plumas County	39°54′38″N 121°19′39″W	66	PG&E	1928	[90][91]
Camino Powerhouse	El Dorado County	38°47′44″N 120°37′19″W	157.8	SMUD		[92]
Caribou No. 1	Plumas County	40°05′08″N 121°08′53″W	73.8	PG&E	1921	[93]
Caribou No. 2	Plumas County	40°05′10″N 121°08′58″W	118	PG&E	1958	[94]
Cresta Powerhouse	Plumas County	39°49′34″N 121°24′34″W	73.8	PG&E		[95]
Devil Canyon	San Bernardino	34°12′20″N 117°20′05″W	276.2	CDWR		[96]
Dion R Holm Powerhouse	Tuolumne County	37°53′48″N 119°58′06″W	156.8			[97]
Donnells Powerhouse	Tuolumne County	38°14′47″N 120°02′02″W	72			[98]
Drum No. 2 Powerhouse	Placer County	39°15′26″N 120°46′01″W	53	PG&E		[99]
Electra Powerhouse	Amador County	38°19′52″N 120°40′12″W	102.5	PG&E	1900	[100][101]
Folsom Dam	Folsom	38°42′28″N 121°09′23″W	198.6	USBR	1956	[102]
Haas Powerhouse	Fresno County	36°55′39″N 119°01′13″W	135	PG&E		[103]
James B Black Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°59′32″N 121°58′31″W	168.6	PG&E		[104]
Jaybird Powerhouse	El Dorado County	38°50′03″N 120°31′54″W	161.6	SMUD	1961	[105]
Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°38′49″N 122°37′37″W	154.4	USBR	1963	[106]
Kerckhoff Powerhouse No. 2	Fresno County	37°04′17″N 119°33′32″W	139.5	PG&E		[107]
Keswick Dam	Keswick	40°36′43″N 122°26′45″W	117	USBR	1950	[108]
Loon Lake Powerhouse	El Dorado County	38°59′05″N 120°19′40″W	74	SMUD	1971	[109]
Mammoth Pool Powerhouse	Madera County	37°13′13″N 119°20′16″W	190	SCE	1959	[110]
Middle Fork Powerhouse	Placer County	39°01′29″N 120°35′47″W	122.4			[111]
Moccasin Powerhouse	Moccasin	37°48′33″N 120°17′58″W	100	SFPUC	1930	[112]
New Bullards Bar Dam	Yuba County	39°23′36″N 121°08′35″W	315	YCWA	1969	[113]
New Don Pedro Dam	La Grange	37°42′03″N 120°25′15″W	170.8	MID, TID	1971	[114]
New Exchequer Dam	Merced Falls	37°39′32″N 120°15′14″W	94.5	MeID	1967	[115]
New Melones Dam	Calaveras County	37°56′57″N 120°31′27″W	300	USBR	1979	[116][117]
Oroville Dam	Oroville	39°32′20″N 121°29′08″W	644	CDWR	1968	[118]
Parker Dam	Parker Dam	34°17′47″N 114°08′21″W	120	USBR	1938	[119]
Pine Flat Dam	Piedra	36°49′57″N 119°19′33″W	165	USACE	1954	[120]
Pit No. 1 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°59′27″N 121°29′53″W	69.2	PG&E		[121]
Pit No. 3 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°59′51″N 121°44′52″W	80	PG&E		[122]
Pit No. 4 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°59′11″N 121°50′57″W	103.4	PG&E		[123]
Pit No. 5 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°59′11″N 121°58′39″W	141.6	PG&E		[124]
Pit No. 6 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°55′21″N 121°59′34″W	79.2	PG&E		[125]
Pit No. 7 Powerhouse	Shasta County	40°50′51″N 121°59′26″W	109.8	PG&E		[126]
Poe Powerhouse	Plumas County	39°43′22″N 121°28′11″W	142.8	PG&E		[127]
R.C. Kirkwood Powerhouse	Tuolumne County	37°52′39″N 119°57′12″W	155.5			[128]
Ralston Powerhouse	Placer County	39°00′04″N 120°43′30″W	79.2			[129]
Rock Creek Powerhouse	Plumas County	39°54′18″N 121°20′43″W	126	PG&E		[130]
San Francisquito No. 1	Los Angeles County	34°35′24″N 118°27′17″W	65.5	LADWP	1917	[131]
Shasta Dam	Shasta Lake	40°43′07″N 122°25′08″W	714	USBR	1945	[132][133]
Spring Creek Power Plant	Keswick	40°37′42″N 122°28′04″W	180	USBR	1964	[134]
Tiger Creek Powerhouse	Amador County	38°26′57″N 120°29′34″W	52.2	PG&E	1931	[135][136]
Trinity Dam	Trinity County	40°47′58″N 122°45′46″W	140	USBR	1962	[137]
White Rock Powerhouse	El Dorado County	38°45′54″N 120°47′14″W	266.5	SMUD		[138]
William E. Warne	Los Angeles County	34°41′06″N 118°47′17″W	74	CDWR		[139]

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.

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	[140]
Helms	Fresno County	37°02′21″N 118°57′49″W	1,212	PG&E	1984	[141]
J.S. Eastwood	Fresno County	37°08′52″N 119°15′24″W	200	SCE	1987	[142][143]
Lake Hodges	San Diego County	33°03′29″N 117°07′08″W	42	SDCWA	2012	[144]
O'Neill	Merced County	37°05′55″N 121°02′52″W	25	USBR	1967	[145]
Thermalito	Thermalito	39°30′55″N 121°37′45″W	120	CDWR	1968	[146]
William R. Gianelli	Merced County	37°04′07″N 121°04′48″W	424	CDWR, USBR	1968	[147]

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.

Name	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Owner	Year	Ref
AES Redondo Beach	Redondo	33°50′59″N 118°23′43″W	1,310	AES Corporation	1954 [note 1]	[149]
Alamitos Energy Center	Long Beach	33°46′09″N 118°06′07″W	1,760	AES Corporation	1950s	[150][151]
Almond Power Plant	Ceres	37°34′28″N 120°59′07″W	233.5	Turlock Irrigation District	1995	[152][153]
Blythe Energy Center	Blythe	33°36′44″N 114°40′51″W	507	AltaGas		[154][155]
Canyon Power Project	Anaheim	33°51′31″N 117°51′43″W	200	SCPPA	2011	[156][157]
Carlsbad Energy Center	Carlsbad	33°08′24″N 117°20′0″W	530	NRG Energy	2019	[158]
Carson Ice-Gen Project	Sacramento County	38°26′44″N 121°27′45″W	125.5	Carson Energy Group	1995	[159][160]
Colusa Generating Station	Maxwell	39°21′55″N 122°16′7″W	712.4	PG&E	2010	[161][162]
Cosumnes Power Plant	Herald	38°20′18″N 121°7′26″W	556	SMUD	2006	[163][164]
Crockett Cogeneration Project	Crockett	38°03′26″N 122°12′55″W	247.4	C&H Sugar	1996	[165][166]
Delta Energy Center	Pittsburg	38°1′2″N 121°50′44″W	857	Calpine	2002	[167][168]
Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant	Santa Clara	37°22′37″N 121°57′4″W	154	SVP	2005	[169]
El Centro Generating Station	El Centro	32°48′08″N 115°32′23″W	388.3 [note 2]	IID	1957	[170][171][172]
El Segundo Cogen	El Segundo	33°54′20″N 118°24′13″W	180	Chevron	1987	[173][174]
El Segundo Energy Center	El Segundo	33°54′36″N 118°25′29″W	537.4	NRG Energy, Clearway Energy	1964	[175][176]
Elk Hills Power	Kern County	35°16′48″N 119°28′14″W	623	Sempra Energy Resources, Occidental Petroleum	2003	[177][178][179]
Foster Wheeler Martinez Power Plant	Martinez	38°01′16″N 122°04′04″W	113.5			[180]
Gateway Generating Station	Antioch	38°1′1″N 121°45′32″W	530	PG&E	2009	[181][182]
Gilroy Cogeneration Plant	Gilroy	37°00′01″N 121°32′13″W	130	Calpine	1988	[183][184]
Gilroy Energy Center	Gilroy	36°59′57″N 121°32′11″W	141	Calpine	2002	[185][186]
Glenarm Power Plant	Pasadena	34°07′35″N 118°08′54″W	265.6	Pasadena Water and Power	1907	[187]
Grayson Power Plant	Glendale	34°09′19″N 118°16′42″W	301	Glendale Water and Power	1941	[188][189]
Harbor Steam Plant	Wilmington	33°46′10″N 118°15′55″W	548	LADWP	1949 [note 3]	[192][193]
Haynes Generating Station	Long Beach	33°45′56″N 118°05′44″W	575	LADWP	1957 [note 4]	[194][195]
High Desert Power Project	Adelanto	34°35′42″N 117°21′52″W	852	NAES	2003	[196][197][198]
Humboldt Bay Generating Station	Humboldt Bay	40°44′27″N 124°12′30″W	167	PG&E	2010	[199][200]
Huntington Beach Energy Project	Huntington Beach	33°38′42″N 117°58′35″W	869	AES Corporation	1958	[201]
Indigo Energy Facility	Desert Hot Springs	33°54′40″N 116°33′11″W	149.7	Wildflower Energy	2001	[202][203]
Kern River Cogeneration	Bakersfield	35°26′23″N 118°59′22″W	300	Fluor, Texaco	1987	[204][205]
King City Cogeneration Plant	King City	36°13′30″N 121°07′34″W	120	Calpine	1989	[206][207]
La Paloma	McKittrick	35°17′47″N 119°35′34″W	1,200	NAES	2003	[208][209][210]
Lodi Energy Center	Lodi	38°05′17″N 121°23′14″W	339	NCPA	2012	[211][212][213]
Los Esteros Critical Energy Center	San Jose	37°25′30″N 121°55′56″W	306	Calpine	2003	[214][215]
Los Medanos Energy Center	Pittsburg	38°1′48″N 121°52′23″W	678.3	Calpine	2001	[216][217][167]
Magnolia Power Project	Burbank	34°10′40″N 118°18′53″W	448	SCPPA	1941	[218][219][220][221]
Malaga Power Plant	Malaga	36°41′24″N 119°44′26″W	121	KRCD	2005	[222][223]
Malburg Generating Station	Vernon	33°59′55″N 118°13′16″W	141.8	City of Vernon	2005	[224][225][226]
Mariposa Energy Project	Alameda	37°47′21″N 121°36′06″W	199.6	Mariposa Energy	2011	[227][228]
Marsh Landing	Antioch	38°1′0″N 121°45′54″W	828	NRG Energy	2013	[229][230][231]
Martinez Refining Co. Power Plant	Martinez	38°01′01″N 122°06′47″W	100			[232]
McClure Power Plant	Modesto	37°37′45″N 120°55′53″W	142.4			[233]
Metcalf Energy Center	Coyote	37°13′12″N 121°44′41″W	635	Calpine	2005	[234][235][236]
Midway Sunset	Kern County	35°13′38″N 119°37′47″W	234	Sunoco LP, SCE	1989	[237][238]
Miramar Energy Facility	San Diego	32°52′34″N 117°09′56″W	106			[239]
Mountainview Generating Station	Redlands	34°4′51″N 117°14′34″W	1,036	SCE	1956	[240][241][242]
Niland Peaker	Niland	33°14′35″N 115°29′58″W	121	IID	2008	[243][244]
Orange Grove Energy Center	Pala	33°21′33″N 117°06′41″W	118	NAES, J-POWER USA	2010	[245][246]
Ormond Beach	Oxnard	34°7′45″N 119°10′8″W	1,516	NRG Energy	1971 [note 5]	[248]
Otay Mesa Energy Center	Otay Mesa	32°34′25″N 116°54′48″W	688.5	Calpine	2009	[249][250][251]
Palomar Energy Center	Escondido	33°7′10″N 117°7′3″W	559	SDG&E	2006	[252][253]
Panoche Energy Center	Firebaugh	36°39′09″N 120°34′55″W	682.2	NAES	2009	[254][255][256][257][258]
Pastoria Energy Facility	Kern County	34°57′22″N 118°50′38″W	779	Calpine	2005	[259][260]
Pio Pico Energy Center	Otay Mesa	32°34′26″N 116°55′05″W	395.4	NAES, SWG	2016	[261][262]
Redding Power	Redding	40°30′33″N 122°25′27″W	183	MLP Power	1995	[263][264]
Richmond Cogen	Richmond	37°56′25″N 122°23′23″W	155.6	Chevron	1992	[265][266]
Ripon Cogen	Ripon	37°43′53″N 121°06′58″W	170.5	MID	2006	[267][268][269]
Riverside Energy Resource Center	Riverside	33°57′48″N 117°27′11″W	196			[270]
Roseville Energy Park	Roseville	38°47′33″N 121°22′56″W	164	Roseville Energy	2007	[271][272]
Russell City Energy Center	Hayward	37°38′7″N 122°8′4″W	655	Calpine, GE Power	2013	[273][274]
SCA Cogen 2	Sacramento	38°31′51″N 121°24′01″W	193.4			[275]
SCA Cogen 3	Sacramento	38°30′40″N 121°28′26″W	174			[276]
Scattergood	Playa del Rey	33°55′07″N 118°25′40″W	876	LADWP	1959 [note 6]	[277][193]
Sentinel Energy Center	Desert Hot Springs	33°56′11″N 116°34′22″W	800	Gemma Power	2013	[278][279]
Sunrise Power Plant	Fellows	35°12′38″N 119°35′04″W	605.4	Chevron, SCE	2001	[280][281][282]
Sutter Energy Center	Sutter County	39°03′10″N 121°41′47″W	636	Calpine	2001	[283][284]
Sycamore Cogeneration	Bakersfield	35°20′40″N 118°43′44″W	300	Chevron	1987	[285][286]
Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant	Tracy	37°42′40″N 121°29′30″W	336	GWF Energy	2012	[287]
Valley	Los Angeles	34°14′39″N 118°23′33″W	690.5	LADWP	1957	[288][193]
Walnut Energy Center	Turlock	37°29′15″N 120°53′45″W	300.6	TID	1987	[289][290]
Walnut Creek Energy Park	Industry	34°00′30″N 117°56′41″W	500	EME	2013	[291][292]
Watson Cogeneration Project	Carson	33°49′00″N 118°14′42″W	405	BP	1988	[293][294]
Woodland Generation Station	Modesto	37°39′10″N 121°01′13″W	199	MID	2003	[295][296]

1. To be decommissioned in 2021, 2022, or 2023.^[148]
2. Includes 30 MW of battery storage.
3. To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.^[190][191]
4. To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.^[190][191]
5. To be decommissioned by the end of 2021.^[247]
6. To be decommissioned by the end of 2029.^[190]

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.^[297][298] 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.

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

Petroleum

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

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	[299][300][301]
Pebbly Beach Generating Station	Avalon	33°19′59″N 118°18′37″W	12.7	SCE	Diesel		[302]

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.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MWAC)	Owner	Year	Ref
Antelope Expansion 2	Los Angeles County	34°44′45″N 118°18′35″W	105		2019	[303][304]
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	[305]
Beacon Solar Project	Kern County	35°15′25″N 118°00′47″W	250	LADWP	2017
Blythe Solar Power Project	Riverside County	33°39′0″N 114°43′12″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	[306]
Catalina Solar Project	Kern County	34°55′51″N 118°20′06″W	143.2	enXco	2012	[307]
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	[308]
Great Valley Solar Farm	Fresno County	36°34′52″N 120°22′46″W	200		2018	[309]
Henrietta Solar Project	Kings County	36°13′08″N 119°48′21″W	105		2016	[310]
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	[311]
North Rosamond Solar Project	Los Angeles County	34°51′43″N 118°22′50″W	150		2019	[312]
Panoche Valley Solar Farm	San Benito County	36°37′12″N 120°52′12″W	130	Panoche Valley Solar	2018
Quinto Solar Project	Merced County	37°07′49″N 121°03′08″W	110		2015	[313]
San Pablo Raceway Solar Project	Los Angeles County	34°43′26″N 118°16′47″W	100		2019	[314]
Solar Gen 2 Facility	Imperial County	33°04′48″N 115°28′12″W	150		2014	[315]
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	[316]
Valentine Solar Project	Kern County	35°29′30″N 118°51′37″W	111.2		2019	[317]
Willow Springs Solar Project	Los Angeles County	34°49′35″N 118°20′07″W	100		2019	[318]
Wright Solar Project	Merced County	37°00′45″N 120°57′47″W	200		2020	[319]

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.

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

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.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year	Ref
Alta Wind Energy Center	Kern County	35°1′16″N 118°19′14″W	1,548	2011	[320]
Altamont Pass Wind Farm [note 1]	Altamont	37°42′45″N 121°33′54″W	266	1981	[320]
Dinosaur Point Wind Farm	Merced County	37°02′50″N 121°11′42″W	17.4	1998	[321][322]
Hatchet Ridge Wind Project	Shasta County	40°53′25″N 121°47′49″W	101.2	2010	[323][324]
High Winds Wind Energy Center	Solano County	38°08′25″N 121°48′25″W	162	2003	[325][326]
Kumeyaay Wind Farm	Campo Kumeyaay Nation	32°42′20″N 116°20′32″W	50	2005	[327][328]
Manzana Wind Farm	Kern County	34°55′11″N 118°26′55″W	340.7	2013	[329][330][331]
Montezuma Wind Energy Center	Solano County	38°09′23″N 121°47′35″W	115	2010	[332][333][334]
Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility	Ocotillo	32°44′40″N 116°02′34″W	265.4	2012	[335][336]
Pine Tree Wind Power Project	Kern County	35°14′49″N 118°10′35″W	135	2009	[337][338]
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm [note 2]	Whitewater	33°56′05″N 116°34′40″W	675.7	1982	[339][320]
Shiloh Wind Power Plant	Birds Landing	38°07′33″N 121°50′03″W	520.5	2006	[320]
Sky River Wind Farm	Kern County	35°20′42″N 118°11′09″W	239	1991	[340][341][342]
Solano Wind Farm	Solano County	38°06′50″N 121°45′50″W	228.2	1994	[343][344]
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm [note 3]	Kern County	35°04′05″N 118°15′45″W	1,244	1986	[320]
Tule Wind Energy Project	San Diego County	32°43′17″N 116°15′44″W	143	2017	[345][346]

1. Includes 5 individual wind farms as of February 2020.
2. Includes 29 individual wind farms as of February 2020.
3. Includes 37 individual wind farms as of February 2020.

Under construction

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

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.	[347][348]
Desert Harvest Solar Project	Riverside County	33°44′22″N 115°24′02″W	150	Solar farm	2020		[349]
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.	[350]
Edwards Sanborn	Kern County		346	Solar farm, Battery storage	2022	Includes 735 MWh of battery storage system.	[351]

Former facilities

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	[352]
Covanta Delano Energy	Delano	35°43′N 119°14′W	58	Biomass	?	December 2015	[26][353]
Covanta Mendota Energy	Mendota	36°46′N 120°22′W	25	Biomass	?	January 2015	[26]
Covanta Pacific Oroville	Oroville	39°29′N 121°34′W	18	Biomass	?	December 2012	[26][354]
Encina Power Station	Carlsbad	33°08′11″N 117°20′13″W	965	Natural gas	1954	December 11, 2018	[355][158]
Humboldt Bay Power Plant - Unit 3	Humboldt Bay	40°44′29″N 124°12′33″W	65	Nuclear (BWR)	1963	1976	[356]
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	[357][358][359]
Imperial Valley Resource Recovery	Imperial County	32°55′N 115°31′W	18	Biomass	January 2009	December 2010	[26][360]
Inland Empire Energy Center	Sun City	33°44′20″N 117°10′11″W	819	Natural gas	2008	December 2019	[361][362][363]
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant	Bakersfield	35°34′06″N 119°12′06″W	5	Solar thermal (CLFR)	January 2009	September 2014	[364]
Mandalay Generating Station	Oxnard	34°12′23″N 119°15′2″W	560	Natural gas	?	January 2018	[365][366]
Morro Bay Power Plant	Morro Bay	35°22′20″N 120°51′25″W	650	Natural gas	1950s	2014	[367]
Pittsburg Generating Station	Pittsburg	38°2′21″N 121°53′40″W	1,370	Natural gas	1954	December 2016	[368][369][167]
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	[370]
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station	Herald	38°20′43″N 121°07′18″W	917	Nuclear (PWR)	1975	2009	[371]
Rio Bravo Jasmin Power Plant	Bakersfield	35°44′29″N 119°3′6″W	35	Coal, Petcoke	1989	December 2014	[372][373]
Rio Bravo Poso Power Plant	Bakersfield	35°32′46″N 119°4′39″W	35	Coal, Petcoke	1989	2015	[372][373]
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	[374]
Sodium Reactor Experiment	Simi Valley	34°14′7″N 118°42′30″W	6.5	Nuclear	July 12, 1957	February 15, 1964	[375][376]
Sierra SunTower	Lancaster	34°46′0.0″N 118°8′0.0″W	5	Solar thermal (SPT)	January 2010	December 2014	[377][378]
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	[379][380]
Stockton Cogeneration Facility	Stockton	37°54′45″N 121°15′43″W	60	Coal	1988	2012	[381]
Tracy Biomass	Tracy	37°43′N 121°29′W	23	Biomass	1990	2015	[26][382]
Vernon Light and Power	Vernon		38	Diesel fuel	1933		[383][384]

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