Power Plants Near 95646 — Kirkwood, CA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 95646 (Kirkwood, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.6918, -120.0736 · County: Alpine

Hydroelectric 96%Geothermal 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.5 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
19.9 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
21.1 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
21.7 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
23.3 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
24.2 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
26.6 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
26.7 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
28.2 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.2 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
30.8 mi	Donnells None, CA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
31.8 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
32.1 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
33.8 mi	Beardsley None, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
35.0 mi	Spring Gap Long Barn, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
35.2 mi	Sand Bar Power Plant Stanislaus Ntl. Fores, CA	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Tri-Dam Power Authority
36.3 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
36.3 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
38.4 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
38.5 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
38.8 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
40.2 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
40.7 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
40.8 mi	Electra Jackson, CA	Hydroelectric	103 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.1 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
41.3 mi	Collierville Powerhouse Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	253 MW	Northern California Power Agny
41.4 mi	Stanislaus Vallecito, CA	Hydroelectric	82 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.1 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
42.7 mi	Murphys Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Utica Water & Power Authority
45.4 mi	Wheelabrator Martell Sutter Creek, CA	Biomass	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
47.6 mi	Phoenix Sonora, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.4 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
48.6 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
49.3 mi	Deer Creek 2 Shingle Springs, CA	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.7 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
49.7 mi	Angels Angels Camp, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Utica Water & Power Authority
49.9 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Kirkwood, California (ZIP 95646), with a combined 1,729 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salt Springs at 15.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in California, visit the California state page.

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