Russell City Energy Center
Calpine, LLCAlameda County
Russell City Energy Center is a natural gas-fired power facility with 655 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Alameda County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 56467. Calpine, LLC is the public owner or developer; Russell City Energy Company LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. The plant's generating configuration is natural-gas-fired, wet-cooled combined-cycle plant with two Siemens Westinghouse F-class combustion-turbine generators, two heat-recovery steam generators, and one condensing steam-turbine generator. Commercial operation began on August 8, 2013. Its grid role is dispatchable combined-cycle generation; it historically supported CAISO black-start service, but is no longer designated as a Black Start resource.
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Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Russell City Energy Center is operating.
CAISO
EIA plant 56467 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 200 | Unknown |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 200 | Unknown |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 255 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | 200 MW 182 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Aug 2013 | Operating |
| CTG2 | 200 MW 182 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Aug 2013 | Operating |
| STG1 | 255 MW 241 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CA | Aug 2013 | Operating |
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The California Energy Commission certified the Russell City Energy Center project under docket 01-AFC-07.
CAISO · Alameda County
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Calpine completed the sale of a 35% interest in Russell City Energy Company, LLC to Aircraft Services Corporation, an affiliate of General Electric Capital Corporation, after a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction. The project assets were described as valued at approximately $81 million; Aircraft Services agreed to provide approximately $44 million of capital funding and a $37 million letter of credit.
The CEC approved transfer of ownership from Calpine Corporation to Russell City Energy Company, LLC.
Calpine and GE Energy Financial Services obtained an $844.5 million non-recourse credit facility for construction; the construction loan was structured to convert to a 10-year term loan at commercial operation.
EIA-860 lists generator CTG1, generator CTG2, generator STG1 with this operating date.
The facility began commercial operation.
The CEC approved installation of an approximately 6-to-10-MW battery energy storage system to provide CAISO-selected black-start service.
The CEC approved temporary safety modifications allowing the plant to operate in simple-cycle mode while steam-turbine condenser repairs were carried out.
The CEC approved corrective actions identified in its root-cause gap analysis and required their completion before return to combined-cycle operations.
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Russell City Energy Center reports 655 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Russell City Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Alameda County, CA, participating in the CAISO market.
Russell City Energy Center is in Alameda County, CA, inside the CAISO balancing area.
Russell City Energy Center is operated by Russell City Energy Company LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Russell City Energy Center reported 1,709.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Russell City Energy Center ranks #206 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #13 of 64 in CA.
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