List of power stations in California

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Oroville

Diablo Canyon

Alta

Ivanpah

Moss Landing

Ormond Beach

Location of some major power stations in California
Nuclear, Gas, Hydroelectric, Coal, Wind / Solar / Biomass
Cities

This is a map of electricity-generating power stations in California, sorted by type and name.

Coal

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs
Argus Cogeneration Plant	Trona, Inyo County, California	35°45′55.86″N 117°22′30.59″W / 35.7655167°N 117.3751639°W	55	[1]

Nuclear

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Capacity Factor	Annual Generation (GWh)	Ref
Diablo Canyon Power Plant	San Luis Obispo County	35°12′39.10″N 120°51′22.23″W / 35.2108611°N 120.8561750°W	2,240	90%+	18,000

Natural Gas-fired

Moss Landing Power Plant

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Refs
AES Alamitos LLC Gas Power Plant	Long Beach, California	33°46′48″N 118°5′44″W / 33.78000°N 118.09556°W	2,025	[2][3]
Blythe Energy Project	Blythe, California	33°36′44″N 114°40′51″W / 33.61222°N 114.68083°W	520	[2][4]
Colusa Generating Station	Maxwell, California	39°21′55″N 122°16′7″W / 39.36528°N 122.26861°W	660	[2][5]
Coolwater Gas Power Plant	Daggett, California	34°51′43″N 116°51′22″W / 34.86194°N 116.85611°W	727	[2]
Delta Energy Center	Pittsburg, California	38°1′2″N 121°50′44″W / 38.01722°N 121.84556°W	860	[2]
Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant	Santa Clara, California	37°22′37″N 121°57′4″W / 37.37694°N 121.95111°W	147	[6]
El Segundo Power Plant	El Segundo, California	33°54′26″N 118°25′08″W / 33.90722°N 118.41889°W	550	[4]
Elk Hills Power Plant	Taft, California	35°16′48″N 119°28′14″W / 35.28000°N 119.47056°W	567	[2][4]
Encina Power Station	Carlsbad, California	33°08′11″N 117°20′13″W / 33.13639°N 117.33694°W	965	[7]
Gateway Generating Station	Antioch, California	38°1′1″N 121°45′32″W / 38.01694°N 121.75889°W	581	[5]
Harbor Generating Station	Wilmington, California	33°46′10″N 118°15′56″W / 33.76944°N 118.26556°W	466	[2]
Haynes Gas Power Plant	Long Beach, California	33°46′0″N 118°5′41″W / 33.76667°N 118.09472°W	575	[4]
High Desert Power Plant	Victorville, California	34°35′42″N 117°21′52″W / 34.59500°N 117.36444°W	855	[2][4]
AES Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach, CA	33°38′39″N 117°58′41″W / 33.64417°N 117.97806°W	904	[2]
Humboldt Bay Generating Station	Humboldt Bay, California	40°44′27.04″N 124°12′30″W / 40.7408444°N 124.20833°W	163
Inland Empire Energy Center	Sun City, California	33°44′20″N 117°10′11″W / 33.73889°N 117.16972°W	400	[2][4]
Kern River Cogeneration	Bakersfield, California	35°26′23″N 118°59′22″W / 35.43972°N 118.98944°W	300	[2]
La Paloma Generating Power Plant	McKittrick, California	37°17′47″N 119°35′34″W / 37.29639°N 119.59278°W	1,124	[8]
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility	San Jose, California		309	[9]
Los Medanos Energy Center	Pittsburg, California	38°1′48″N 121°52′23″W / 38.03000°N 121.87306°W	594	[2]
Magnolia Power Plant	Burbank, California	34°10′38″N 118°18′58″W / 34.17722°N 118.31611°W	328	[2]
Mandalay Generating Station	Oxnard, California	34°12′23″N 119°15′2″W / 34.20639°N 119.25056°W	573	[2]
Marsh Landing Power Plant	Antioch, California	38°1′0.45″N 121°45′53.61″W / 38.0167917°N 121.7648917°W	720	[5]
Metcalf Energy Center	Coyote, California	37°13′11.5″N 121°44′40.5″W / 37.219861°N 121.744583°W	566	[2][5]
Moss Landing Power Plant	Moss Landing, California	36°48′17.54″N 121°46′55.19″W / 36.8048722°N 121.7819972°W	2,802	[10]
Mountainview Power Plant	Redlands, California	34°4′51″N 117°14′34″W / 34.08083°N 117.24278°W	1,058	[2]
Ormond Beach Gas Power Plant	Oxnard, California	34°7′45″N 119°10′8″W / 34.12917°N 119.16889°W	1,516
Otay Mesa Energy Center	Otay Mesa, California	32°34′11″N 116°55′0″W / 32.56972°N 116.91667°W	510	[11]
Palomar Energy Center	Escondido, California	34°7′10″N 117°7′3″W / 34.11944°N 117.11750°W	546	[2]
Panoche Energy Center	Firebaugh, California	36°39′40″N 120°34′51″W / 36.66111°N 120.58083°W	400	[2]
Pastoria Energy Facility	Lebec, California	34°57′21″N 118°50′37″W / 34.95583°N 118.84361°W	750	[2]
Pittsburg Power Gas Power Plant	Pittsburg, California	38°2′21″N 121°53′40″W / 38.03917°N 121.89444°W	1,029	[12]
AES Redondo LLC Gas Power Plant	Redondo, California	33°50′59″N 118°23′43″W / 33.84972°N 118.39528°W	1,343	[2][13]
Sunrise			570
Russell City Energy Center	Hayward, California	37°38′7″N 122°8′4″W / 37.63528°N 122.13444°W	691	[9]
Tracy Power Plant	Tracy, California	37°42′40″N 121°29′23″W / 37.71111°N 121.48972°W	341
SMUD Cosumnes Power Plant	Herald, California	38°20'17.82"N 121°7'26.13"W	500	[14]

Hydro-electric

The Shasta Dam

Conventional

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)
Shasta Dam	Redding	40°43′07″N 122°25′08″W / 40.71861°N 122.41889°W	676
Oroville Dam	Oroville	39°32′20″N 121°29′08″W / 39.53889°N 121.48556°W	645
New Bullards Bar Dam	Dobbins	39°23′36″N 121°08′35″W / 39.39333°N 121.14306°W	315
New Melones Dam	Jamestown	37°56′57″N 120°31′27″W / 37.94917°N 120.52417°W	300
White Rock Powerplant	East of Sacramento		224
New Don Pedro Dam	La Grange	37°42′03″N 120°25′15″W / 37.70083°N 120.42083°W	203
Eastwood Powerhouse	Fresno County		199.8
Folsom Dam	Folsom	38°42′28″N 121°09′23″W / 38.70778°N 121.15639°W	199
Mammoth Pool Dam	Sierra National Forest	37°21′15″N 119°18′32″W / 37.35417°N 119.30889°W	190
Spring Creek Powerplant*	Keswick	40°37′42″N 122°28′04″W / 40.62833°N 122.46778°W	180
Big Creek No. 3 Powerplant	Fresno County		174.45
Holm Powerhouse	Near Cherry Lake	37°53′47.55″N 119°58′6.9″W / 37.8965417°N 119.968583°W	169
Pine Flat Dam	Piedra	36°49′57″N 119°19′33″W / 36.83250°N 119.32583°W	165
Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse*	Whiskeytown	40°38′49″N 122°37′37″W / 40.64694°N 122.62694°W	154
Camino Powerplant	East of Sacramento	38°47′44.17″N 120°37′19.21″W / 38.7956028°N 120.6220028°W	150
Jaybird Powerplant	East of Sacramento		144
Poe Dam (Poe Powerhouse)	Plumas County		143
Trinity Dam	Weaverville	40°47′58″N 122°45′46″W / 40.79944°N 122.76278°W	140
Belden Powerhouse	Plumas County		125
O'Shaughnessy Dam/Kirkwood Powerhouse	Yosemite National Park	37°56′51″N 119°47′17″W / 37.94750°N 119.78806°W	124
Caribou No. 1 Powerhouse	Plumas County		120
Parker Dam	Bluewater	34°17′47″N 114°08′21″W / 34.29639°N 114.13917°W	120
Thermalito Power Plant	Oroville	39°30′50″N 121°37′45″W / 39.51389°N 121.62917°W	120
Keswick Dam	Redding	40°36′43″N 122°26′45″W / 40.61194°N 122.44583°W	117
Rock Creek Powerhouse	Plumas County		112
Big Creek Powerplant 2A	Fresno County		110
Moccasin Powerplant	Moccasin		110
Big Creek Powerplant No. 4	Fresno County		100
New Exchequer Dam	Merced Falls	37°39′32″N 120°15′14″W / 37.65889°N 120.25389°W	94.5
Big Creek Powerplant No. 1	Fresno County		88.15
Loon Lake Powerplant	East of Sacramento		82
Big Creek Powerplant No. 8	Fresno County		75
Caribou No. 1 Powerhouse	Plumas County		75
Cresta Powerhouse	Plumas County		70
Big Creek Powerplant No. 2	Fresno County		66.5
Union Valley Dam	East of Sacramento		46.7
Lake Almanor Dam (Butt Valley Powerhouse)	Canyondam	40°10′30″N 121°05′34″W / 40.17500°N 121.09278°W[15]	41[16]
Robbs Peak Powerhouse	East of Sacramento		29
Jones Fork Powerhouse	East of Sacramento		11.5
Portal Powerplant	Fresno County		10.8
Indian Valley Dam	Lake County	39°4′44″N 122°32′7″W / 39.07889°N 122.53528°W	3.7[17]
Slab Creek Dam	East of Sacramento		0.4
Division Creek Power Plant Unit 2	Inyo County	37°45′0″N 119°36′19″W / 37.75000°N 119.60528°W	0.55[18]

*Located along aqueduct or tunnel

Pumped-storage

Castaic Lake and Dam

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)
Castaic Power Plant	Angeles National Forest	34°35′15″N 118°39′24″W / 34.58750°N 118.65667°W	1,247
Helms Power Plant	Fresno County	37°02′21″N 118°57′49″W / 37.03917°N 118.96361°W	1,200
Olivenhain Dam	Escondido	33°04′12″N 117°08′18″W / 33.07000°N 117.13833°W	40
San Luis Dam	Los Banos	37°04′07″N 121°04′48″W / 37.06861°N 121.08000°W	424

Wind Power

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)
Alta Wind Energy Center*	Kern County	35°00′00″N 118°18′00″W / 35.00000°N 118.30000°W	1,320
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm	Tehachapi Mountains	35°06′08″N 118°16′58″W / 35.10222°N 118.28278°W	705
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm	White Water	33°54′54″N 116°35′18″W / 33.91500°N 116.58833°W	615
Altamont Pass Wind Farm	Livermore	37°43′57″N 121°39′09″W / 37.73250°N 121.65250°W	576
Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility*	Ocotillo, California[19]		315[20]
Shiloh Wind Power Plant	Bird's Landing	38°07′00″N 121°50′30″W / 38.11667°N 121.84167°W	300
Kumeyaay Wind farm	Campo Indian Reservation[21]		50[22]

*Under construction

Solar

Photovoltaic

List of major solar photovoltaic power stations in California as of July 23, 2014.

Station	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Status	Notes
Solar Star	Rosamond, California		579	Operational
California Valley Solar Ranch	Carrizo Plain	35°20′N 119°55′W / 35.333°N 119.917°W	250	Operational
Imperial Valley Solar Project	Imperial County		99	Operational
Centinela Solar Energy Project	Imperial County		170	Operational
Catalina Solar Project	Kern County		143	Operational
Campo Verde Solar Project	Imperial County		139	Operational
Imperial Solar Energy Center South	Imperial County		130	Operational
Avenal Solar Facility	Kings County		45	Operational
Desert Sunlight Solar Farm	Mojave Desert		550	Operational
Topaz Solar Farm	Carrizo Plain	35°23′N 120°4′W / 35.383°N 120.067°W	550	Operational
Westlands Solar Park	Kings County		2,400	Under construction
McCoy Solar Energy Project	Mojave Desert		750	Under construction
Blythe Solar Power Project	Riverside County		485	Under construction
Panoche Valley Solar Farm	San Benito County		399	Under construction
Antelope Valley Solar Ranch	Los Angeles County		230	Under construction

Thermal

List of current solar thermal power stations in California.

Station	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Status	Notes
Solar Energy Generating Systems	Mojave Desert	35°01′54″N 117°20′53″W / 35.03167°N 117.34806°W	354	Operational
Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant	Bakersfield, California	35°34′06″N 119°12′06″W / 35.56833°N 119.20167°W	5	Operational
Sierra SunTower	Lancaster, California	34°46′0.0″N 118°8′0.0″W / 34.766667°N 118.133333°W	5	Operational
Ivanpah Solar Power Facility	Mojave Desert	35°34′N 115°28′W / 35.57°N 115.47°W	392	Operational

Geothermal

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Refs
Calenergy	Calipatria, California	33°09′49.28″N 115°36′55.78″W / 33.1636889°N 115.6154944°W	327
The Geysers	Mayacamas Mountains	38°47′1″N 122°42′50″W / 38.78361°N 122.71389°W	750	[23]
Heber			52	[23][24]
Calistoga			176	[25]
Hudson Ranch			50	[23]
Leathers			36	[23]
Mammoth			40	[23]
West Ford Flat			26	[23][26]

Biomass

Name	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Refs
Blue Lake Power	Blue Lake, California	40°52′39.69″N 123°59′40.59″W / 40.8776917°N 123.9946083°W	11	[27]
Burney Forest Power	Burney, California	40°52′47.00″N 121°43′13.46″W / 40.8797222°N 121.7204056°W	31	[27]
Chowchilla	Chowchilla, California	37°6′25.72″N 120°14′55.93″W / 37.1071444°N 120.2488694°W	12.5	[27]
Collins Pine Co. Project	Chester, California	40°18′10.23″N 121°14′38.71″W / 40.3028417°N 121.2440861°W	12	[27]
Desert View	Mecca, California	33°35′11.36″N 116°5′16.46″W / 33.5864889°N 116.0879056°W	47	[27]
Delano Energy Co, Inc	Delano, California	35°43′8.74″N 119°14′4.51″W / 35.7190944°N 119.2345861°W	50	[27]
DG Fairhaven	Samoa, California	40°47′58.05″N 124°12′11.12″W / 40.7994583°N 124.2030889°W	18	[27]
Dinuba Energy, Inc	Dinuba, California	36°34′10.49″N 119°25′8.34″W / 36.5695806°N 119.4189833°W	12	[27]
Honey Lake Power	Wendel, California	40°22′6.57″N 120°15′53.99″W / 40.3684917°N 120.2649972°W	32	[27]
Shasta Renewable	Anderson, California	40°28′23.61″N 122°19′44.17″W / 40.4732250°N 122.3289361°W	7.2	[27]
Madera Power LLC	Firebaugh, California	36°51′41.32″N 120°20′19.91″W / 36.8614778°N 120.3388639°W	28	[27]
Mendota Biomass Power Ltd.	Mendota, California	36°45′21.25″N 120°21′54.98″W / 36.7559028°N 120.3652722°W	25	[27]
Merced Power (El Nido)	El Nido, California	37°11′13.13″N 120°29′24.58″W / 37.1869806°N 120.4901611°W	12.5	[27]
Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station	Jamestown, California	37°52′28.71″N 120°28′39.16″W / 37.8746417°N 120.4775444°W	22	[27]
Rio Bravo Fresno	Fresno, California	36°41′19.76″N 119°43′24.25″W / 36.6888222°N 119.7234028°W	25	[27]
Rio Bravo Rocklin	Rocklin, California	38°49′54.58″N 121°18′48.96″W / 38.8318278°N 121.3136000°W	25	[27]
Roseburg Forest Products	Weed, California	41°26′4.60″N 122°22′40.42″W / 41.4346111°N 122.3778944°W	12	[27]
Eel River	Scotia, California	40°28′52.81″N 124°6′16.68″W / 40.4813361°N 124.1046333°W	28	[27]
Sierra Power Corp.	Terra Bella, California	35°57′14.14″N 119°2′46.70″W / 35.9539278°N 119.0463056°W	9.5	[27]
SPI Burney	Burney, California	40°52′36.33″N 121°42′6.64″W / 40.8767583°N 121.7018444°W	20	[27]
SPI Anderson I	Anderson, California	40°28′21.77″N 122°19′23.38″W / 40.4727139°N 122.3231611°W	4	[27]
SPI Lincoln	Lincoln, California	38°54′9.64″N 121°18′34.57″W / 38.9026778°N 121.3096028°W	18	[27]
SPI Quincy	Quincy, California	39°56′27.46″N 120°54′32.97″W / 39.9409611°N 120.9091583°W	25	[27]
SPI Sonora	Sonora, California	37°57′57.59″N 120°19′4.80″W / 37.9659972°N 120.3180000°W	8	[27]
Tracy Biomass Plant	Tracy, California	37°43′11.95″N 121°29′18.42″W / 37.7199861°N 121.4884500°W	19.4	[27]
Wadham	Williams, California	39°6′20.06″N 122°6′36.47″W / 39.1055722°N 122.1101306°W	26.5	[27]
Wheelabrator Shasta	Anderson, California	40°25′46.53″N 122°16′41.67″W / 40.4295917°N 122.2782417°W	50	[27]
Woodland Biomass Power Ltd.	Woodland, California	38°41′28.69″N 121°44′13.67″W / 38.6913028°N 121.7371306°W	25	[27]

Former facilities

Plant	Type	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Year Commissioned	Year Decommissioned	References
South Bay Power Plant	Gas-fired	Chula Vista, California		700		2010	[28]
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station	Nuclear	Herald, California	38°20′43″N 121°07′18″W / 38.34528°N 121.12167°W	917	1975	2009	[29]
Humboldt Bay Power Plant - Unit 3	Nuclear	Humboldt Bay, California	40°44′28.76″N 124°12′32.56″W / 40.7413222°N 124.2090444°W	65	1963	1976	[30]
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station	Nuclear	San Diego County, California	33°22′8″N 117°33′18″W / 33.36889°N 117.55500°W	2,150	1968	2013	[31]
Morro Bay Power Plant	Gas-fired	Morro Bay, California	35°22′20″N 120°51′24.5″W / 35.37222°N 120.856806°W	650		2014	[32]

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in California

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External links

• U.S. Department of Energy California Statistics
• U.S. Department of Energy California Quick Facts
• Calenergy Geothermal Plant Information