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Compare power plants

Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

MetricCarlsbad Energy Center
San Diego County
AES Huntington Beach Energy Project
Orange County
Capacity659 MW699.2 MW
TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
OperatorNRG California Peaker Operations LLCAES Huntington Beach Energy, LLC
Operating units53
Latest 12-month generation190.6 GWh1.61 TWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor3.7% (2025)30.7% (2025)
National technology rank#56 of 825#180 of 538
Latest EIA report2026-062026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.