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Largest natural gas power plants in CAISO

Natural gas power plants ranked by EIA-reported nameplate capacity. Rankings use EIA-anchored plant records in CAISO.

Plants
256
Ranked operating records
EIA nameplate capacity
30.4 GW
Sum across this peer set
Largest
1,612 MW
Ormond Beach

Capacity ranking

256 plants
RankPlantCapacity
1Ormond BeachOrmond Beach Power, LLC1,612 MW
2La Paloma Generating PlantCXA La Paloma LLC1,156 MW
3AES Alamitos LLCAES Alamitos LLC1,115 MW
4Mountainview Generating StationSouthern California Edison Co1,036.8 MW
5High Desert Power PlantMRP Generation Holdings, LLC960 MW
6Delta Energy CenterDelta Energy Center LLC943.5 MW
7Marsh Landing Generating StationMarsh Landing LLC828 MW
8Sentinel Energy Center, LLCSentinel Energy Center LLC800 MW
9Pastoria Energy Facility, LLCCalpine Corp - Pastoria Energy Center779 MW
10Colusa Generating StationPacific Gas & Electric Co.712.4 MW
11Otay Mesa Generating ProjectOtay Mesa Energy Center LLC710.7 MW
12AES Huntington Beach Energy ProjectAES Huntington Beach Energy, LLC699.2 MW
13Sunrise Power LLCSunrise Power Co LLC685.2 MW
14Los Medanos Energy CenterLos Medanos Energy Center LLC678.3 MW
15AES Alamitos Energy CenterAES Alamitos Energy, LLC678 MW
16Carlsbad Energy CenterNRG California Peaker Operations LLC659 MW
17Russell City Energy CenterRussell City Energy Company LLC655 MW
18Metcalf Energy CenterCalpine Corp - Metcalf Energy Center635 MW
19Elk Hills Power LLCElk Hills Power LLC623 MW
20Gateway Generating StationPacific Gas & Electric Co.619.7 MW
21Blythe Energy IncAltaGas Blythe Operations Inc591 MW
22Palomar EnergySan Diego Gas & Electric Co559 MW
23El Segundo Energy Center LLCNRG Energy Services LLC537.4 MW
24Walnut Creek Energy ParkWalnut Creek LLC500 MW
25Panoche Energy CenterPanoche Energy Center, LLC432 MW
26Watson CogenerationARCO Products Co-Watson405 MW
27Pio Pico Energy CenterPio Pico Energy Center LLC395.4 MW
28Desert Star Energy CenterDesert Star Energy Center SDG&E366.4 MW
29Tracy Combined Cycle Power PlantMRP San Joaquin Energy LLC.336.1 MW
30Los Esteros Critical Energy CenterLos Esteros Critical Energy Facility LLC306.1 MW
31Kern River CogenerationKern River Cogeneration Co300 MW
32Sycamore CogenerationSycamore Cogeneration Co300 MW
33Lodi Energy CenterNorthern California Power Agny288.9 MW
34GlenarmCity of Pasadena - (CA)265.6 MW
35Long Beach GenerationLong Beach Generation LLC252 MW
36Crockett Cogen ProjectCrockett Cogeneration247 MW
37Midway Sunset CogenMidway-Sunset Cogeneration Co234 MW
38AES Huntington Beach LLCAES Huntington Beach LLC218 MW
39Mariposa Energy ProjectDiamond Generating Corporation199.6 MW
40Riverside Energy Resource CenterCity of Riverside - (CA)196 MW
41El Segundo CogenChevron USA Inc-El Segundo180.1 MW
42Richmond CogenChevron Products Company-Richmond173.5 MW
43Humboldt BayPacific Gas & Electric Co.167 MW
44Stanton Energy Reliability Center HybridWellhead Services, Inc161 MW
45Donald Von Raesfeld Power PlantCity of Santa Clara - (CA)154 MW
46Canyon Power PlantCity of Anaheim - (CA)150 MW
47Indigo Energy FacilityDiamond Generating Corporation149.7 MW
48Gilroy Peaking Energy CenterCalpine Gilroy Cogen LP144 MW
49Midway Peaking LLCCalPeak Power, LLC139.8 MW
50King City Power PlantCalpine King City Cogen LLC133.2 MW

Capacity is EIA-reported nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies; hybrid plants may appear in multiple peer groups.