San Diego County, California has 119 power plants totaling 4,213 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otay Mesa Generating Project | San Diego | Natural Gas | 689 MW | Otay Mesa Energy Center Llc |
| Carlsbad Energy Center | Carlsbad | Natural Gas | 659 MW | Nrg California Peaker Operations Llc |
| Palomar Energy | Escondido | Natural Gas | 559 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Pio Pico Energy Center | San Diego | Natural Gas | 395 MW | Pio Pico Energy Center Llc |
| Gateway Energy Storage System | San Diego | Other Fossil | 250 MW | Gateway Energy Storage, Llc |
| Tule Wind Llc | Boulevard | Wind | 143 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Orange Grove Peaking Facility | Pala | Natural Gas | 118 MW | Orange Grove Energy Lp |
| Miramar Energy Facility | San Diego | Natural Gas | 106 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Larkspur Energy Facility | San Diego | Natural Gas | 99.8 MW | Diamond Generating Corporation |
| Valley Center 85 | Valley Center | Other Fossil | 85.0 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Bess 2 |
| Border Hybrid Energy Center | San Diego | Natural Gas | 60.5 MW | Calpeak Power, Llc |
| El Cajon Energy Center | El Cajon | Natural Gas | 60.5 MW | Wellhead Services, Inc |
| Calpeak Power Enterprise Peaker Plant | Escondido | Natural Gas | 58.9 MW | Calpeak Power, Llc |
| Escondido Energy Center | Escondido | Natural Gas | 54.0 MW | Wellhead Services, Inc |
| Valley Center 54 | Valley Center | Other Fossil | 54.0 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Bess 2 |
| Goal Line Lp | Escondido | Natural Gas | 51.4 MW | Goal Line Lp |
| Kumeyaay Wind | Campo | Wind | 50.0 MW | Leeward Asset Management, Llc |
| Ocotillo Wells | Borrego Springs | Solar | 50.0 MW | Conductive Power |
| Cuyamaca Peak Energy Plant | El Cajon | Natural Gas | 48.7 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Lake Hodges Hydroelectric Facility | Escondido | Hydroelectric | 42.0 MW | San Diego County Water Auth |
| Fallbrook Energy Storage | Fallbrook | Other Fossil | 40.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Vista Energy Storage System | Vista | Other Fossil | 40.0 MW | Vista Energy Storage, Llc |
| Chula Vista Energy Center | Chula Vista | Natural Gas | 37.2 MW | Wellhead Services, Inc |
| University Of California San Diego Hybri | La Jolla | Natural Gas | 35.5 MW | University Of California San Diego |
| Escondido Energy Storage | San Diego | Other Fossil | 30.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Top Gun Energy Storage | San Diego | Other Fossil | 30.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Cp Kelco San Diego Plant | San Diego | Natural Gas | 29.2 MW | Cp Kelco Us Inc. |
| Solar Borrego I | Borrego Springs | Solar | 26.0 MW | Nrg Solar Borrego I |
| Jacumba Solar Farm | Jacumba | Solar | 20.0 MW | Invenergy Services Llc |
| Melrose Bess | San Diego | Battery Storage | 20.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| San Diego State University | San Diego | Natural Gas | 15.1 MW | San Diego State University |
| Childrens Hospital | San Diego | Natural Gas | 11.3 MW | Dte San Diego Cogen Inc. |
| Kearny North Energy Storage | San Diego | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Kearny South Energy Storage | San Diego | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Paradise Energy Storage | San Diego | Battery Storage | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Clairemont Energy Storage | San Diego | Battery Storage | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Elliott Energy Storage | San Diego | Battery Storage | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Boulevard Energy Storage | Boulevard | Battery Storage | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Pala Gomez Creek Bess | Pala | Battery Storage | 10.0 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| P Plant | San Diego | Natural Gas | 9.2 MW | Qualcomm Incorporated |
| El Cajon Energy Storage | El Cajon | Other Fossil | 7.5 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Amazon San3 Solar Project | San Diego | Solar | 7.0 MW | Solar Star Prime 4 Llc |
| Genentech-Oceanside Hybrid | Oceanside | Solar | 6.5 MW | Tesla Inc. |
| Mm San Diego-Miramar | San Diego | Biomass | 6.4 MW | Mm San Diego Energy-Miramar |
| Desert Green Solar Farm Llc | Boulevard | Solar | 6.3 MW | Invenergy Services Llc |
| Gas Utilization Facility | San Diego | Biomass | 6.1 MW | City Of San Diego |
| Enersmart Chula Vista Sub Station | Chula Vista | Battery Storage | 6.0 MW | Enersmart Chula Vista Sub Station |
| Red Mountain | Fallbrook | Hydroelectric | 5.9 MW | Metropolitan Water District Of S Ca |
| Sycamore Energy Llc | Santee | Biomass | 5.4 MW | Sycamore Energy Llc |
| Naval Hospital Medical Center | San Diego | Natural Gas | 5.3 MW | Department Of The Navy |
| Valley Center 2 | Valley Center | Solar | 5.0 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Ramona 2 | Ramona | Solar | 5.0 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Q Plant | San Diego | Natural Gas | 4.6 MW | Qualcomm Incorporated |
| W Plant | San Diego | Natural Gas | 4.6 MW | Qualcomm Incorporated |
| Grossmont Hospital | La Mesa | Natural Gas | 4.5 MW | Sharp Grossmont Hospital |
| Ramona Solar Energy | Ramona | Solar | 4.3 MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Kyocera International Inc.(San Diego) | San Diego | Natural Gas | 3.8 MW | Kyocera International, Inc |
| Illumina Way Sd | San Diego | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Encina Water Pollution Control | Carlsbad | Biomass | 3.2 MW | Encina Joint Powers Authority |
| Nlp Granger | Valley Center | Solar | 3.0 MW | Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc |
| Lindberg Field Solar | San Diego | Solar | 2.9 MW | Lindberg Field Solar I Llc |
| San Diego - Emdf At San Diego | San Diego | Solar | 2.9 MW | California Pv Energy 3, Llc |
| Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility | San Diego | Natural Gas | 2.6 MW | California Dept Of Corrections |
| Grossmont College | El Cajon | Solar | 2.6 MW | Forefront Power, Llc |
| Valley Center 1 | Valley Center | Solar | 2.5 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Gen005 Antibody Fuel Cell | Oceanside | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca-Cuyamaca Col. Solar & | El Cajon | Solar | 2.4 MW | Forefront Power, Llc |
| Valley Center | Valley Center | Solar | 2.3 MW | Heelstone Energy Holdings, Llc |
| Gilead Oceanside Solar Project | Oceanside | Solar | 2.2 MW | Gilead Sciences Inc. |
| County Of San Diego Coc Hybrid | San Diego | Solar | 2.1 MW | Solar Star California Lxxviii, Llc |
| Watkins Manufacturing Co. | San Diego | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Watkins Manufacturing Corporation |
| Ramona 1 | Ramona | Solar | 2.0 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Plant | Bonita | Other Fossil | 2.0 MW | Sdge Batteries |
| San Diego International Airport Bess | San Diego | Other Fossil | 2.0 MW | Engie Storage Services Na Llc |
| Lindberg Field Solar 2 | San Diego | Solar | 1.9 MW | Lindberg Field Solar 2, Llc |
| San Diego - Ncrc At Vista | Vista | Solar | 1.8 MW | California Pv Energy 3, Llc |
| North City - Landfill Gas Engine North | San Diego | Biomass | 1.6 MW | City Of San Diego |
| Borrego Springs Energy Storage | Borrego Springs | Other Fossil | 1.5 MW | Sdge Batteries |
| Bear Valley | Escondido | Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | City Of Escondido - (Ca) |
| R E Badger Filtration Plant | Rancho Santa Fe | Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | Santa Fe Irrigation District |
| Grossmont Hs Solar Project | El Cajon | Solar | 1.4 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Vallecitos Water District | San Marcos | Solar | 1.4 MW | Ssa Solar Of Ca 5, Llc |
| County Of San Diego Sbrc | Chula Vista | Solar | 1.3 MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Pfmg Solar Grossmont Helix Llc | La Mesa | Solar | 1.2 MW | Altus Power America Management, Llc |
| Ish Solar Hospital Sdmc | San Diego | Solar | 1.1 MW | Sunedison Llc |
| Life Technologies Carlsbad | Carlsbad | Natural Gas | 1.1 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Kilroy Solar | San Diego | Solar | 1.1 MW | Nautilus Solar Solutions |
| Seaworld Aquatica | Chula Vista | Solar | 1.1 MW | Onyx Asset Services Group |
| Univ Of California San Diego Solar | La Jolla | Solar | 1.0 MW | University Of California San Diego |
| Sdccd - Miramar | San Diego | Solar | 1.0 MW | Cleancapital Holdings |
| Sdcwa - Twin Oaks | San Marcos | Solar | 1.0 MW | Cleancapital Holdings |
| Golden Acorn Casino | Campo | Wind | 1.0 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Pala Energy Storage Yard | Pala | Other Fossil | 1.0 MW | Sdge Batteries |
| Canyon Crest Academy | San Diego | Other Fossil | 1.0 MW | Sdge Batteries |
| Kearny Mesa Storage Llc | San Diego | Other Fossil | 1.0 MW | Kearny Mesa Storage Llc |
| University Of San Diego | San Diego | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy 2009 Ppa |
| At&t - San Diego Trade Street | San Diego | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| San Diego Community College | San Diego | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Bloom Energy |
| Silver Gate | Oil | — MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co | |
| San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station | San Clemente | Nuclear | — MW | Southern California Edison Co |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility | San Diego | Hydroelectric | — MW | San Diego County Water Auth |
| North City - Landfill Gas Engines South | San Diego | Natural Gas | — MW | City Of San Diego |
| Rancho Penasquitos | San Diego | Hydroelectric | — MW | San Diego County Water Auth |
| Rugged Solar Llc | Boulevard | Solar | — MW | Clean Focus Renewables, Inc. |
| Pomerado Energy Storage, Llc | Poway | Battery Storage | — MW | Enel Green Power Na, Inc. |
| Jvr Energy Park Llc | Jacumba Hot Springs | Solar | — MW | Jvr Energy Park Llc |
| Nighthawk Energy Storage, Llc | Poway | Battery Storage | — MW | Nighthawk Energy Storage, Llc |
| Peregrine Energy Storage Llc | San Diego | Battery Storage | — MW | Peregrine Energy Storage, Llc |
| Enersmart Imperial Beach Bess | Imperial Beach | Battery Storage | — MW | Enersmart Storage |
| Enersmart Mesa Heights Sub Station | Mesa Heights | Battery Storage | — MW | Enersmart Storage |
| Dark Sky Energy Center | Borrego Springs | Battery Storage | — MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Enersmart El Cajon Bess | El Cajon | Battery Storage | — MW | Enersmart Storage |
| Enersmart Murray Bess | La Mesa | Battery Storage | — MW | Enersmart Storage |
| Santee Bess | Santee | Battery Storage | — MW | San Diego Gas & Electric Co |
| Pome Bess | Poway | Battery Storage | — MW | Mn8 Energy Llc |
| Chula Vista Energy Center 2 | Chula Vista | Battery Storage | — MW | Wellhead Services, Inc |
| Ventasso Energy Storage, Llc | El Cajon | Battery Storage | — MW | Big Sky Wind, Llc |
| Enterprise Bess | Escondido | Battery Storage | — MW | Enterprise Bess Llc |
| North Johnson Energy Center | El Cajon | Battery Storage | — MW | Wellhead Services, Inc |
San Diego County, California has 119 power plants totaling 4,213 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 74% of installed capacity, followed by Other Fossil (13%) and Wind (5%). The largest facility is Otay Mesa Generating Project at 688 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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