Power Plants in California

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.

Plants2,171operating sites
Capacity104,274 MWnameplate
Generation216.5M MWhannual
CO₂42.0Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 41%Solar 26%Hydroelectric 13%Wind 6%Other Fossil 4%Battery Storage 3%Geothermal 3%Nuclear 2%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. California operates another 2051 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in California

PlantCityFuelCapacity
Diablo CanyonAvila BeachNuclear2,323 MW
Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant HybridMoss LandingNatural Gas2,148 MW
Aes Alamitos LlcLong BeachNatural Gas1,793 MW
HaynesLong BeachNatural Gas1,739 MW
CastaicCastaicHydroelectric1,682 MW
Ormond BeachOxnardNatural Gas1,612 MW
Geysers Unit 5-20MiddletownGeothermal1,163 MW
La Paloma Generating PlantMckittrickNatural Gas1,156 MW
Helms Pumped StorageShaver LakeHydroelectric1,053 MW
Mountainview Generating StationRedlandsNatural Gas1,037 MW
High Desert Power PlantVictorvilleNatural Gas960 MW
Delta Energy CenterPittsburgNatural Gas944 MW
Aes Huntington Beach LlcHuntington BeachNatural Gas917 MW
ScattergoodPlaya Del ReyNatural Gas876 MW
Marsh Landing Generating StationAntiochNatural Gas828 MW
Sentinel Energy Center, LlcDesert Hot SpringsNatural Gas800 MW
Pastoria Energy Facility, LlcLebecNatural Gas779 MW
ShastaReddingHydroelectric714 MW
Colusa Generating StationMaxwellNatural Gas712 MW
Aes Huntington Beach Energy ProjectHuntington BeachNatural Gas699 MW
Valley (Ca)Sun ValleyNatural Gas691 MW
Otay Mesa Generating ProjectSan DiegoNatural Gas689 MW
Sunrise Power LlcFellowsNatural Gas685 MW
Los Medanos Energy CenterPittsburgNatural Gas678 MW
Aes Alamitos Energy CenterLong BeachNatural Gas678 MW
Carlsbad Energy CenterCarlsbadNatural Gas659 MW
Russell City Energy CenterHaywardNatural Gas655 MW
Edward C HyattOrovilleHydroelectric644 MW
Sutter Energy CenterYuba CityNatural Gas636 MW
Metcalf Energy CenterSan JoseNatural Gas635 MW
Elk Hills Power LlcTupmanNatural Gas623 MW
Menifee Power BankMenifeeBattery Storage620 MW
Gateway Generating StationAntiochNatural Gas620 MW
Blythe Energy IncBlytheNatural Gas591 MW
Topaz Solar FarmSanta MargaritaSolar586 MW
Palomar EnergyEscondidoNatural Gas559 MW
CosumnesHeraldOther Fossil557 MW
HarborWilmingtonNatural Gas548 MW
El Segundo Energy Center LlcEl SegundoNatural Gas537 MW
Mccoy Solar Energy Project HybridBlytheSolar501 MW
Walnut Creek Energy ParkIndustryNatural Gas500 MW
Solar BlueLemooreSolar475 MW
Eland Solar & Storage Center, Phase 1 HyMojaveSolar460 MW
Desert QuartziteBlytheSolar450 MW
Daggett 3DaggettSolar449 MW
Slate HybridStratfordSolar440 MW
Panoche Energy CenterFirebaughNatural Gas432 MW
W R GianelliGustineHydroelectric424 MW
Watson CogenerationCarsonNatural Gas405 MW
Arica SolarDesert CenterSolar399 MW

By county

Kern County285 plants · 15,712 MWLos Angeles County280 plants · 15,000 MWRiverside County137 plants · 11,113 MWSan Bernardino County178 plants · 6,458 MWFresno County117 plants · 5,735 MWImperial County83 plants · 4,347 MWContra Costa County44 plants · 4,258 MWSan Diego County119 plants · 4,213 MWSan Luis Obispo County19 plants · 3,563 MWMonterey County26 plants · 2,693 MWKings County54 plants · 2,542 MWShasta County43 plants · 2,426 MWOrange County51 plants · 2,380 MWVentura County25 plants · 2,018 MWSanta Clara County64 plants · 1,786 MWSacramento County64 plants · 1,684 MWStanislaus County23 plants · 1,528 MWSonoma County23 plants · 1,443 MWSolano County38 plants · 1,385 MWAlameda County44 plants · 1,347 MWSan Joaquin County41 plants · 1,193 MWButte County24 plants · 1,177 MWTuolumne County20 plants · 1,121 MWSutter County8 plants · 904 MWMerced County31 plants · 842 MWEl Dorado County15 plants · 779 MWPlacer County23 plants · 772 MWColusa County3 plants · 745 MWPlumas County13 plants · 610 MWTulare County66 plants · 608 MWMadera County27 plants · 495 MWInyo County21 plants · 420 MWYuba County5 plants · 367 MWLake County10 plants · 352 MWSanta Barbara County15 plants · 349 MWCalaveras County5 plants · 284 MWHumboldt County9 plants · 238 MWAmador County7 plants · 211 MWMono County9 plants · 186 MWTrinity County5 plants · 153 MWSan Benito County5 plants · 148 MWNevada County12 plants · 110 MWMariposa County2 plants · 103 MWLassen County7 plants · 94 MWSiskiyou County8 plants · 85 MWTehama County7 plants · 77 MWYolo County14 plants · 61 MWSan Mateo County9 plants · 29 MWSan Francisco County9 plants · 24 MWKern County1 plants · 20 MWSanta Cruz County4 plants · 14 MWSierra County2 plants · 13 MWMendocino County4 plants · 12 MWNapa County8 plants · 11 MWMarin County3 plants · 8 MWGlenn County2 plants · 6 MW