San Diego County, CA power plants

101 EIA-registered power plants in San Diego County, CA totalling 4.6 GW of nameplate capacity, ranked and mapped inside CAISO.

Plants
101
EIA-registered records
Nameplate capacity
4.6 GW
Sum across this county
Largest
710.7 MW
Otay Mesa Generating Project

Capacity by fuel

natural gas3.2 GW30 plantsbatteries1 GW28 plantswind194 MW3 plantssolar175.7 MW34 plantsbiomass19.6 MW4 plantshydroelectric7.3 MW2 plants

San Diego County, CA capacity ranking

101 matching plants·ranked by nameplate capacity

RankPlantCapacity
1Otay Mesa Generating ProjectOtay Mesa Energy Center LLC710.7 MW
2Carlsbad Energy CenterNRG California Peaker Operations LLC659 MW
3Palomar EnergySan Diego Gas & Electric Co559 MW
4Pio Pico Energy CenterPio Pico Energy Center LLC395.4 MW
5Gateway Energy Storage SystemGateway Energy Storage, LLC250 MW
6Peregrine Energy Storage LLCPeregrine Energy Storage, LLC200 MW
7Tule Wind LLCAvangrid Power LLC143 MW
8Orange Grove Peaking FacilityOrange Grove Energy LP118 MW
9Border Hybrid Energy CenterCalPeak Power, LLC114.6 MW
10Miramar Energy FacilitySan Diego Gas & Electric Co106 MW
11Pome BESSMN8 Energy LLC100 MW
12Larkspur Energy FacilityDiamond Generating Corporation99.8 MW
13Valley Center 85Terra-Gen Operating Co-BESS 285 MW
14El Cajon Energy CenterWellhead Services, Inc60.5 MW
15CalPeak Power Enterprise Peaker PlantCalPeak Power, LLC58.9 MW
16Escondido Energy CenterWellhead Services, Inc54 MW
17Valley Center 54Terra-Gen Operating Co-BESS 254 MW
18Goal Line LPGoal Line LP51.4 MW
19Kumeyaay WindLeeward Asset Management, LLC50 MW
20Ocotillo WellsConductive Power50 MW
21Ventasso Energy Storage, LLCRWE Clean Energy50 MW
22Cuyamaca Peak Energy PlantSan Diego Gas & Electric Co48.7 MW
23Fallbrook Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co40 MW
24Vista Energy Storage SystemVista Energy Storage, LLC40 MW
25Chula Vista Energy CenterWellhead Services, Inc37.2 MW
26University of California San Diego HybriUniversity of California San Diego33 MW
27Escondido Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co30 MW
28Top Gun Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co30 MW
29Solar Borrego INRG Solar Borrego I26 MW
30Jacumba Solar FarmInvenergy Services LLC20 MW
31Melrose BESSSan Diego Gas & Electric Co20 MW
32CP Kelco San Diego PlantCP Kelco US Inc.19.2 MW
33San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State University15.1 MW
34Boulevard Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
35Clairemont Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
36Elliott Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
37Kearny North Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
38Kearny South Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
39Pala Gomez Creek BESSSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
40Paradise Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
41Santee BESSSan Diego Gas & Electric Co10 MW
42El Cajon Energy StorageSan Diego Gas & Electric Co7.5 MW
43Dark Sky Energy CenterSan Diego Gas & Electric Co7.3 MW
44Amazon SAN3 Solar ProjectSolar Star Prime 4 LLC7 MW
45Genentech-Oceanside HybridTesla Inc.6.5 MW
46MM San Diego-MiramarMM San Diego Energy-Miramar6.4 MW
47Desert Green Solar Farm LLCInvenergy Services LLC6.3 MW
48EnerSmart Chula Vista Sub StationEnerSmart Chula Vista Sub Station6 MW
49Red MountainMetropolitan Water District of S CA5.9 MW
50Sycamore Energy LLCSycamore Energy LLC5.4 MW

Technology rankings in CAISO

Largest battery storage plantsLargest solar power plantsLargest wind farmsLargest natural gas power plantsLargest hydroelectric power plantsLargest nuclear power plants

Other CAISO counties

Kern County, CA16.6 GWRiverside County, CA10.9 GWLos Angeles County, CA7.2 GWSan Bernardino County, CA6.4 GWFresno County, CA5.7 GWContra Costa County, CA4.2 GWSan Luis Obispo County, CA3.6 GWKings County, CA2.8 GWImperial County, CA2.4 GWMonterey County, CA2.4 GWVentura County, CA2 GWOrange County, CA1.7 GW
All CAISO counties

County assignment and capacity come from the EIA generator inventory. Capacity is nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies.