Power Plants in San Francisco County, California

San Francisco County, California has 9 power plants totaling 24 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants9operating sites
Capacity24 MWnameplate
Generation76.3k MWhannual
CO₂23.7kmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 72%Solar 19%Biomass 9%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Parnassus Central Utility PlantSan FranciscoNatural Gas13.4 MWUniversity Of California-San Francisco
Sunset Reservoir North BasinSan FranciscoSolar4.5 MWDuke Energy Renewables Services
Sf Southeast Cogen PlantSan FranciscoBiomass2.1 MWCity & County Of San Francisco
Univ Of San Francisco CogenSan FranciscoNatural Gas1.5 MWUniversity Of San Francisco
One Market PlazaSan FranciscoNatural Gas1.5 MWParamount Group Inc
Transamerica PyramidSan FranciscoNatural Gas1.0 MWTransamerica Pyramid Properties Llc
Hunters PointSan FranciscoNatural Gas— MWPacific Gas & Electric Co.
San Francisco Electric Reliability ProjSan FranciscoNatural Gas— MWCity & County Of San Francisco
Sf State UniversitySan FranciscoNatural Gas— MWPacific Gas & Electric Co.

About power generation in San Francisco County

San Francisco County, California has 9 power plants totaling 24 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 72% of installed capacity, followed by Solar (19%) and Biomass (9%). The largest facility is Parnassus Central Utility Plant at 13 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

To find plants closer to a specific address in San Francisco County, use the address lookup — it shows every plant within a chosen radius along with distance, fuel type, and emissions.