Power Plants Near 96056 — Mcarthur, CA

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96056 (Mcarthur, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0502, -121.3991 · County: Shasta

Hydroelectric 84%Wind 10%Biomass 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.8 mi	Shasta Solar Farm Fall River Mills, CA	Solar	3 MW	Ignite Solar Holdings Llc
6.6 mi	Pit 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	69 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
9.0 mi	Muck Valley Hydroelectric Na, CA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Brookfield Renewable Trading And Marketing Lp
10.0 mi	Hat Creek 2 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
11.3 mi	Hat Creek 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
12.4 mi	Hat Creek Bioenergy Burney, CA	Biomass	—	Hat Creek Bioenergy, Llc
14.5 mi	Britton Powerhouse Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
14.8 mi	Big Valley Power Llc Bieber, CA	Biomass	9 MW	Big Valley Power (Bvp) Llc
17.4 mi	Bidwell Ditch Project Hat Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Mega Renewables
18.6 mi	Pit 3 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
19.7 mi	Chalk Mountain Powerhouse Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
19.8 mi	Sierra Pacific Burney Facility Burney, CA	Biomass	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
20.2 mi	Lost Creek I Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
20.5 mi	Burney Forest Products Burney, CA	Biomass	31 MW	Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture
21.5 mi	Burney Creek Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
23.6 mi	Hatchet Ridge Wind Project Burney, CA	Wind	101 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
23.9 mi	Pit 4 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	103 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.7 mi	Nelson Creek Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nelson Creek Power Inc
29.8 mi	Hatchet Creek Project Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Mega Renewables
30.3 mi	James B Black Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	169 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.5 mi	Pit 5 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	142 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.9 mi	Roaring Creek Water Power Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Shasta Hydroelectric Inc
31.2 mi	Cove Hydroelectric Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
32.2 mi	Pit 6 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
32.3 mi	Montgomery Creek Hydro Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
33.9 mi	Pit 7 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
35.7 mi	Kilarc Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
36.6 mi	Telephone Flat N/A, CA	Geothermal	—	Calpine Corporation
39.7 mi	Olsen Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Olsen Power Partners
39.8 mi	Four Mile Hill N/A, CA	Geothermal	—	Calpine Corporation
46.1 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
46.4 mi	Cow Creek Millville, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.1 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
47.6 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.9 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Mcarthur, California (ZIP 96056), with a combined 1,012 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shasta Solar Farm at 1.8 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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