California operates 2,171 power plants totaling 104,274 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 41%, followed by Solar (26%) and Hydroelectric (13%). The largest plant is Diablo Canyon at 2,323 MW.
Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. California operates another 2051 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo Canyon | Avila Beach | Nuclear | 2,323 MW |
| Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant Hybrid | Moss Landing | Natural Gas | 2,148 MW |
| Aes Alamitos Llc | Long Beach | Natural Gas | 1,793 MW |
| Haynes | Long Beach | Natural Gas | 1,739 MW |
| Castaic | Castaic | Hydroelectric | 1,682 MW |
| Ormond Beach | Oxnard | Natural Gas | 1,612 MW |
| Geysers Unit 5-20 | Middletown | Geothermal | 1,163 MW |
| La Paloma Generating Plant | Mckittrick | Natural Gas | 1,156 MW |
| Helms Pumped Storage | Shaver Lake | Hydroelectric | 1,053 MW |
| Mountainview Generating Station | Redlands | Natural Gas | 1,037 MW |
| High Desert Power Plant | Victorville | Natural Gas | 960 MW |
| Delta Energy Center | Pittsburg | Natural Gas | 944 MW |
| Aes Huntington Beach Llc | Huntington Beach | Natural Gas | 917 MW |
| Scattergood | Playa Del Rey | Natural Gas | 876 MW |
| Marsh Landing Generating Station | Antioch | Natural Gas | 828 MW |
| Sentinel Energy Center, Llc | Desert Hot Springs | Natural Gas | 800 MW |
| Pastoria Energy Facility, Llc | Lebec | Natural Gas | 779 MW |
| Shasta | Redding | Hydroelectric | 714 MW |
| Colusa Generating Station | Maxwell | Natural Gas | 712 MW |
| Aes Huntington Beach Energy Project | Huntington Beach | Natural Gas | 699 MW |
| Valley (Ca) | Sun Valley | Natural Gas | 691 MW |
| Otay Mesa Generating Project | San Diego | Natural Gas | 689 MW |
| Sunrise Power Llc | Fellows | Natural Gas | 685 MW |
| Los Medanos Energy Center | Pittsburg | Natural Gas | 678 MW |
| Aes Alamitos Energy Center | Long Beach | Natural Gas | 678 MW |
| Carlsbad Energy Center | Carlsbad | Natural Gas | 659 MW |
| Russell City Energy Center | Hayward | Natural Gas | 655 MW |
| Edward C Hyatt | Oroville | Hydroelectric | 644 MW |
| Sutter Energy Center | Yuba City | Natural Gas | 636 MW |
| Metcalf Energy Center | San Jose | Natural Gas | 635 MW |
| Elk Hills Power Llc | Tupman | Natural Gas | 623 MW |
| Menifee Power Bank | Menifee | Battery Storage | 620 MW |
| Gateway Generating Station | Antioch | Natural Gas | 620 MW |
| Blythe Energy Inc | Blythe | Natural Gas | 591 MW |
| Topaz Solar Farm | Santa Margarita | Solar | 586 MW |
| Palomar Energy | Escondido | Natural Gas | 559 MW |
| Cosumnes | Herald | Other Fossil | 557 MW |
| Harbor | Wilmington | Natural Gas | 548 MW |
| El Segundo Energy Center Llc | El Segundo | Natural Gas | 537 MW |
| Mccoy Solar Energy Project Hybrid | Blythe | Solar | 501 MW |
| Walnut Creek Energy Park | Industry | Natural Gas | 500 MW |
| Solar Blue | Lemoore | Solar | 475 MW |
| Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 Hy | Mojave | Solar | 460 MW |
| Desert Quartzite | Blythe | Solar | 450 MW |
| Daggett 3 | Daggett | Solar | 449 MW |
| Slate Hybrid | Stratford | Solar | 440 MW |
| Panoche Energy Center | Firebaugh | Natural Gas | 432 MW |
| W R Gianelli | Gustine | Hydroelectric | 424 MW |
| Watson Cogeneration | Carson | Natural Gas | 405 MW |
| Arica Solar | Desert Center | Solar | 399 MW |