How big is La Paloma Generating Plant?

La Paloma Generating Plant has a reported capacity of 1,156 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is La Paloma Generating Plant?

La Paloma Generating Plant is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Kern County, CA, participating in the CAISO market.

Where is La Paloma Generating Plant located?

La Paloma Generating Plant is in Kern County, CA, inside the CAISO balancing area.

Who operates La Paloma Generating Plant?

La Paloma Generating Plant is operated by CXA La Paloma LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does La Paloma Generating Plant generate?

La Paloma Generating Plant reported 1,136.4 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does La Paloma Generating Plant compare to other plants?

By capacity, La Paloma Generating Plant ranks #70 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #2 of 64 in CA.

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Overview

Reported capacity: 1,156 MW
EIA-reported nameplate capacity; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 55151
Kern County · CAISO
Operating status: Operating
Commercial operation: March 7, 2003
Best-supported operating milestone.

Infrastructure record

Operator: CXA La Paloma LLC

Profile

Grid role: Resource-adequacy-contracted generation supporting California grid reliability in the WECC market.
Context: A March 2000 PG&E announcement described La Paloma's $730 million project financing as the largest financing to date in the United States for a single greenfield competitive power plant, and said the facility would be California's largest plant built expressly for the state's new competitive power market.
Physical build: Operating 1,062 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle facility in Kern County, California, comprising four Alstom GT24B combustion turbines, four Alstom/CE heat-recovery steam generators, and four Alstom VAX steam turbines.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 1,156 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Commercial operation: March 7, 2003
Operating status: operating
La Paloma Generating Plant is operating.
Location: Kern County
CAISO
Asset role: natural gas
CAISO · Kern County

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
GEN1	289 MW 253 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CS	Jan 2003	Operating
GEN2	289 MW 252 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CS	Jan 2003	Operating
GEN3	289 MW 252 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CS	Mar 2003	Operating
GEN4	289 MW 253 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CS	Mar 2003	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 1,156 MW; Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
National rank: #70; of 538 operating peers
CA rank: #2; of 64 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

1.14 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

16.9%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

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Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

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Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

Offtake Agreement

Aug 2011

Physical tolling agreements covered three La Paloma units with Morgan Stanley; Morgan Stanley had option to extend toll on one unit through 2017.

La Paloma Generating Trust, Ltd. · Morgan Stanley

La Paloma Refi Closes with Novel Hedge – Rockland Capital

Hedging Agreement

Aug 2011

Refinancing included heat-rate call options for 2013, 2014, and 2015 executed with EDF Trading on two La Paloma units.

La Paloma Generating Trust, Ltd. · EDF Trading North America LLC

La Paloma Refi Closes with Novel Hedge – Rockland Capital

Hedging Agreement

Aug 2011

Refinancing included sparkspread put swaptions for 2014 and 2015 executed with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on two La Paloma units.

La Paloma Generating Trust, Ltd. · Bank of America Merrill Lynch

La Paloma Refi Closes with Novel Hedge – Rockland Capital

Land and environmental record

Cooling Tower Emissions Control

Jun 12, 2024

Cooling-tower drift rate limited to 0.0006%; no hexavalent-chromium compounds may be added to circulating water

Renewed Title V permit sets cooling-tower drift-eliminator limit at 0.0006% and prohibits hexavalent-chromium-containing compounds in cooling-tower circulating water.

Microsoft Word - final-public_notice_titlev_renewal_S-3412, 1223365.doc

Environmental Compliance Milestone

Oct 22, 2018

Auxiliary boiler placed in dormant status

CEC approved dormant status for facility's auxiliary boiler; not needed for normal operations and last operated for three-year source testing in 2016.

La Paloma Generating Plant | California Energy Commission

Environmental Compliance Milestone

Aug 1, 2007

Wastewater disposal changed to injection wells as primary method with zero-liquid-discharge as backup

CEC approved 2007 post-certification amendment allowing injection wells as primary wastewater-disposal method and zero-liquid-discharge system as backup option.

La Paloma Generating Plant | California Energy Commission

Environmental Regulatory Milestone

Oct 6, 1999

CEC certification approved October 6, 1999

California Energy Commission certified La Paloma Generating Project on October 6, 1999 under docket 98-AFC-02.

La Paloma Generating Plant | California Energy Commission

Historical UIC Permit

Mar 6, 2008

Historical UIC permit CA10710001 authorized up to five wells (WD-1 through WD-5)

EPA's prior Class I non-hazardous UIC permit CA10710001 authorized construction and operation of up to five wells. WD-3 identified as existing operating well; newer permit R9UIC-CA1-FY17-1R is current.

UIC Class I Permit: La Paloma Generating Company, LLC | Protecting Underground Sources of Drinking Water from Underground Injection (UIC) | US EPA

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

1998
1998
Entity FormationSource
La Paloma Generating Company, LLC was formed and became the original project applicant/developer entity.
Oct 6, 1999
Oct 6, 1999
CEC Certification

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