CAISO power plants by county
Every county in CAISO with at least 3 EIA-registered power plants — 53 in total, ranked by installed nameplate capacity.
- Counties
- 53
- Plants covered
- 1,583
- Nameplate capacity
- 92.2 GW
At least 3 plants each
EIA-registered records
Sum across listed counties
Counties by installed capacity
1Kern County, CAsolar · natural gas · wind231 plants16.6 GW2Riverside County, CAsolar · batteries · natural gas114 plants10.9 GW3Los Angeles County, CAnatural gas · solar · batteries174 plants7.2 GW4San Bernardino County, CAsolar · natural gas · batteries118 plants6.4 GW5Fresno County, CAhydroelectric · solar · natural gas100 plants5.7 GW6San Diego County, CAnatural gas · batteries · wind101 plants4.6 GW7Contra Costa County, CAnatural gas · batteries · wind40 plants4.2 GW8San Luis Obispo County, CAnuclear · solar · batteries17 plants3.6 GW9Kings County, CAsolar · batteries · natural gas51 plants2.8 GW10Imperial County, CAsolar · batteries · wind16 plants2.4 GW11Monterey County, CAbatteries · natural gas · wind24 plants2.4 GW12Ventura County, CAnatural gas · batteries · solar25 plants2 GW13Orange County, CAnatural gas · batteries · biomass43 plants1.7 GW14Santa Clara County, CAnatural gas · batteries · solar45 plants1.7 GW15Sonoma County, CAother · solar · biomass22 plants1.5 GW16Yuma County, AZsolar · batteries5 plants1.5 GW17Solano County, CAwind · natural gas · solar34 plants1.5 GW18San Joaquin County, CAnatural gas · batteries · biomass33 plants1.4 GW19Clark County, NVsolar · batteries · natural gas8 plants1.4 GW20Alameda County, CAnatural gas · wind · petroleum31 plants1.3 GW21Tulare County, CAsolar · batteries · natural gas57 plants1.2 GW22Butte County, CAhydroelectric · natural gas · solar20 plants1.1 GW23Shasta County, CAhydroelectric · biomass · wind30 plants1.1 GW24Merced County, CAhydroelectric · solar · biomass25 plants820 MW25Maricopa County, AZsolar6 plants792.5 MW26Colusa County, CAnatural gas · biomass3 plants745.5 MW27Tuolumne County, CAhydroelectric · biomass · batteries17 plants690.6 MW28Plumas County, CAhydroelectric · biomass9 plants570.8 MW29Madera County, CAhydroelectric · solar · natural gas21 plants479.5 MW30Stanislaus County, CAsolar · hydroelectric7 plants478.9 MW31Placer County, CAhydroelectric · biomass · solar17 plants466.2 MW32Inyo County, CAother · batteries · hydroelectric13 plants413.2 MW33Yuba County, CAhydroelectric · biomass4 plants367.2 MW34Santa Barbara County, CAwind · batteries · solar11 plants303.3 MW35Lake County, CAother · batteries4 plants292.4 MW36Calaveras County, CAhydroelectric5 plants284.6 MW37Sutter County, CAnatural gas · batteries6 plants268.5 MW38Amador County, CAhydroelectric · solar5 plants211.3 MW39Humboldt County, CAnatural gas · biomass · solar6 plants207.4 MW40San Benito County, CAsolar5 plants148.4 MW41Mono County, CAother · hydroelectric7 plants111.8 MW42Nevada County, CAhydroelectric10 plants110.4 MW43Lassen County, CAbiomass · hydroelectric · solar5 plants82.4 MW44Tehama County, CAnatural gas · hydroelectric · solar6 plants69.7 MW45Yolo County, CAbiomass · solar · wind13 plants61.4 MW46El Dorado County, CAhydroelectric · natural gas · solar7 plants40.8 MW47Napa County, CAbatteries · solar · natural gas6 plants31.2 MW48San Mateo County, CAbiomass · natural gas · batteries8 plants29 MW49San Francisco County, CAnatural gas · solar · biomass5 plants22.5 MW50Santa Cruz County, CAnatural gas · biomass · solar4 plants14.4 MW51Sacramento County, CAsolar3 plants10.6 MW52Trinity County, CAhydroelectric3 plants8.3 MW53Marin County, CAbiomass · solar3 plants8 MW
County and state assignment come from the EIA generator inventory. Counties below the 3-plant threshold are covered on the full asset directory.