Carlsbad Energy Center

Clearway Energy, Inc.San Diego CountyCAISO

Carlsbad Energy Center is a natural gas-fired power facility with 659 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in San Diego County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 59002. Clearway Energy, Inc. is the current owner; NRG California Peaker Operations LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. The Carlsbad project used a bank-and-project-bond hybrid financing structure that was characterized as one of the largest such transactions to date for a greenfield power asset, despite construction-period risk. Clearway Energy, Inc. acquired a 100% interest in the plant from Global Infrastructure Partners III in 2019.