Power Plants Near 95942 — Forest Ranch, CA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 95942 (Forest Ranch, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.8821, -121.6728 · County: Butte

Hydroelectric 71%Natural Gas 25%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Forks Of Butte Hydro Project Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Hypower Energy, Llc
2.3 mi	De Sabla Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
4.3 mi	Toadtown Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
6.5 mi	Centerville Ph Chico, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
13.3 mi	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co Hybrid Chico, CA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Sierra Nevada Brewing Co
13.5 mi	Enloe Medical - Chico Chico, CA	Natural Gas	2 MW	Bloom Energy
13.8 mi	Lime Saddle Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
14.5 mi	Cresta Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
14.7 mi	Ameresco Butte County Paradise, CA	Biomass	2 MW	Ameresco Butte County Llc
15.4 mi	Poe Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	143 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
16.2 mi	Butte College Main Campus Solar Oroville, CA	Solar	4 MW	Butte-Glenn Community College District
17.4 mi	Rock Creek Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	126 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
18.4 mi	Bucks Creek Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	66 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
19.5 mi	Coal Canyon Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
20.9 mi	Grizzly N/A, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	City Of Santa Clara - (Ca)
21.9 mi	Rock Creek Dam Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.0 mi	Belden Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.3 mi	Edward C Hyatt Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	644 MW	California Dept. Of Water Resources
25.3 mi	Thermalito Diverson Dam Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	California Dept. Of Water Resources
25.5 mi	Thermalito Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	115 MW	California Dept. Of Water Resources
26.1 mi	Kelly Ridge Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	South Feather Water And Power Agency
27.6 mi	Oroville Cogeneration Lp Oroville, CA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Apex Power Generation Corp.
29.5 mi	Adapture Ca2, Llc Orland, CA	Solar	2 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
30.0 mi	Kanaka Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
30.2 mi	Oak Flat Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.0 mi	Forbestown Forbestown, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	South Feather Water And Power Agency
31.1 mi	Caribou 2 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.1 mi	Caribou 1 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.8 mi	Foundation Wal-Mart Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Wind	1 MW	Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc
32.1 mi	Sierra Pacific Industries (2042-Rd) Red Bluff, CA	Solar	8 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
32.6 mi	Butt Valley Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.7 mi	Woodleaf Forbestown, CA	Hydroelectric	67 MW	South Feather Water And Power Agency
34.0 mi	Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Natural Gas	46 MW	California Power Holdings Llc
35.2 mi	Gridley Main Two Gridley, CA	Solar	3 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
35.2 mi	Gridley Main Gridley, CA	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
35.3 mi	Black Butte Orland, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Santa Clara - (Ca)
36.0 mi	Sly Creek Forbestown, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	South Feather Water And Power Agency
36.9 mi	Collins Pine Project Chester, CA	Biomass	5 MW	Collins Pine Co
37.1 mi	South Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.0 mi	Inskip Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.1 mi	Deadwood Creek Dobbins, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Hydro Sierra Energy, Llc
40.6 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
40.7 mi	Sierra Pacific Quincy Facility Quincy, CA	Biomass	35 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
40.8 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
40.8 mi	2127 Harris Solar Project Live Oak, CA	Solar	1 MW	Solarenewal Llc
40.8 mi	Hamilton Branch Peninsula Village, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.2 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
43.2 mi	Coleman Ph Anderson, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.9 mi	Colgate Dobbins, CA	Hydroelectric	315 MW	Yuba County Water Agency
47.5 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
47.8 mi	Colusa Generating Station Maxwell, CA	Natural Gas	712 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.1 mi	Tierra Buena Energy Storage Yuba City, CA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Vesi 10 Llc
49.3 mi	Narrows 2 Browns Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	47 MW	Yuba County Water Agency
49.5 mi	Narrows Ph Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Yuba County Water Agency
49.5 mi	Wheelabrator Shasta Anderson, CA	Biomass	55 MW	Shasta Sustainable Resource Management, Inc.
49.6 mi	Wheelabrator Lassen Anderson, CA	Natural Gas	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Forest Ranch, California (ZIP 95942), with a combined 3,038 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 38 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Forks Of Butte Hydro Project at 2.3 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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