Power Plants Near 96020 — Chester, CA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96020 (Chester, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2975, -121.2273 · County: Plumas

Hydroelectric 91%Biomass 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Collins Pine Project Chester, CA	Biomass	5 MW	Collins Pine Co
7.5 mi	Hamilton Branch Peninsula Village, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
8.6 mi	Butt Valley Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
15.2 mi	Caribou 2 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
15.2 mi	Caribou 1 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
15.7 mi	Oak Flat Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
20.1 mi	Belden Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.7 mi	Rock Creek Dam Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
27.3 mi	Bucks Creek Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	66 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
27.8 mi	Rock Creek Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	126 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
28.3 mi	Grizzly N/A, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	City Of Santa Clara - (Ca)
29.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Quincy Facility Quincy, CA	Biomass	35 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
33.3 mi	Lost Creek I Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
34.0 mi	Toadtown Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.0 mi	Cresta Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.2 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
35.0 mi	South Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
35.1 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
35.5 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
36.5 mi	De Sabla Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
36.5 mi	Forks Of Butte Hydro Project Magalia, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Hypower Energy, Llc
36.7 mi	Bidwell Ditch Project Hat Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Mega Renewables
39.5 mi	Inskip Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
40.3 mi	High Sierra Cogeneration Plant Susanville, CA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Coop
41.7 mi	Poe Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	143 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.8 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.9 mi	Centerville Ph Chico, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.9 mi	Kilarc Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
43.7 mi	Olsen Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Olsen Power Partners
45.2 mi	Lime Saddle Oroville, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.8 mi	Cow Creek Millville, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
46.6 mi	Burney Creek Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
46.7 mi	Hat Creek 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
46.9 mi	Muck Valley Hydroelectric Na, CA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Brookfield Renewable Trading And Marketing Lp
47.1 mi	Sierra Pacific Burney Facility Burney, CA	Biomass	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
47.7 mi	Coleman Ph Anderson, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.8 mi	Burney Forest Products Burney, CA	Biomass	31 MW	Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture
48.8 mi	Hat Creek 2 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.9 mi	Sly Creek Forbestown, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	South Feather Water And Power Agency
50.0 mi	Pit 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	69 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Chester, California (ZIP 96020), with a combined 1,113 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Collins Pine Project at 1.0 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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