Power Plants Near 96022 — Cottonwood, CA

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96022 (Cottonwood, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3691, -122.3375 · County: Shasta

Hydroelectric 81%Natural Gas 9%Biomass 6%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Wheelabrator Shasta Anderson, CA	Biomass	55 MW	Shasta Sustainable Resource Management, Inc.
5.8 mi	Wheelabrator Lassen Anderson, CA	Natural Gas	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
7.2 mi	Spi Anderson 2 Anderson, CA	Biomass	30 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
7.2 mi	Sierra Pacific Anderson Facility Anderson, CA	Biomass	—	Sierra Pacific Industries
10.6 mi	Redding Power Redding, CA	Natural Gas	183 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
11.6 mi	Coleman Ph Anderson, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
16.5 mi	Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Natural Gas	46 MW	California Power Holdings Llc
17.7 mi	Keswick Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	117 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
17.7 mi	Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project Redding, CA	Solar	2 MW	Totalenergies Distributed Generation, Llc
18.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Industries (2042-Rd) Red Bluff, CA	Solar	8 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
19.0 mi	Whiskeytown Whiskeytown, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
19.2 mi	Spring Creek Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	180 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
19.4 mi	Foundation Wal-Mart Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Wind	1 MW	Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc
19.7 mi	Inskip Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.7 mi	Cow Creek Millville, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
22.9 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
24.2 mi	South Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.5 mi	Shasta Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	714 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
24.5 mi	Judge F Carr French Gulch, CA	Hydroelectric	154 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
25.5 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.7 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.7 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
28.4 mi	Olsen Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Olsen Power Partners
32.4 mi	Kilarc Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.1 mi	Trinity Weaverville, CA	Hydroelectric	140 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
37.7 mi	Pit 7 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
38.3 mi	Black Butte Orland, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	City Of Santa Clara - (Ca)
38.6 mi	Montgomery Creek Hydro Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
40.2 mi	Cove Hydroelectric Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
40.9 mi	Roaring Creek Water Power Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Shasta Hydroelectric Inc
41.2 mi	Hatchet Creek Project Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Mega Renewables
42.3 mi	Pit 6 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.5 mi	Slate Creek Lakehead, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
46.0 mi	Hatchet Ridge Wind Project Burney, CA	Wind	101 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
46.6 mi	Pit 5 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	142 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
46.7 mi	Burney Creek Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
47.1 mi	James B Black Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	169 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.1 mi	Adapture Ca2, Llc Orland, CA	Solar	2 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
47.9 mi	Burney Forest Products Burney, CA	Biomass	31 MW	Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture
48.4 mi	Sierra Pacific Burney Facility Burney, CA	Biomass	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
49.7 mi	Pit 4 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	103 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Cottonwood, California (ZIP 96022), with a combined 2,469 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wheelabrator Shasta at 5.1 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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