Power Plants Near 96070 — Obrien, CA

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96070 (Obrien, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7352, -122.1944 · County: Shasta

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project Redding, CA	Solar	2 MW	Totalenergies Distributed Generation, Llc
12.0 mi	Shasta Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	714 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
13.2 mi	Pit 7 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
14.5 mi	Cow Creek Millville, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
14.6 mi	Montgomery Creek Hydro Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
15.5 mi	Olsen Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Olsen Power Partners
15.7 mi	Keswick Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	117 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
15.9 mi	Cove Hydroelectric Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
16.1 mi	Spring Creek Redding, CA	Hydroelectric	180 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
16.4 mi	Roaring Creek Water Power Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Shasta Hydroelectric Inc
16.7 mi	Pit 6 Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
17.2 mi	Hatchet Creek Project Montgomery Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Mega Renewables
17.3 mi	Kilarc Whitmore, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
18.6 mi	Bear Creek (Ca) Shingletown, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
19.3 mi	Sierra Pacific Anderson Facility Anderson, CA	Biomass	—	Sierra Pacific Industries
19.4 mi	Spi Anderson 2 Anderson, CA	Biomass	30 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
19.8 mi	Redding Power Redding, CA	Natural Gas	183 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
20.4 mi	Whiskeytown Whiskeytown, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	City Of Redding - (Ca)
20.7 mi	Pit 5 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	142 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.1 mi	Wheelabrator Lassen Anderson, CA	Natural Gas	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
21.1 mi	James B Black Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	169 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
21.6 mi	Slate Creek Lakehead, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
21.7 mi	Wheelabrator Shasta Anderson, CA	Biomass	55 MW	Shasta Sustainable Resource Management, Inc.
23.2 mi	Coleman Ph Anderson, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
23.3 mi	Hatchet Ridge Wind Project Burney, CA	Wind	101 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
23.5 mi	Judge F Carr French Gulch, CA	Hydroelectric	154 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
25.0 mi	Pit 4 Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	103 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.7 mi	Volta 1 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.7 mi	Nelson Creek Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nelson Creek Power Inc
26.0 mi	Inskip Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.1 mi	Burney Creek Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
26.2 mi	Volta 2 Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.6 mi	Ponderosa Bailey Creek Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
26.7 mi	Burney Forest Products Burney, CA	Biomass	31 MW	Burney Forest Products, A Joint Venture
27.6 mi	Sierra Pacific Burney Facility Burney, CA	Biomass	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
28.3 mi	Chalk Mountain Powerhouse Big Bend, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
28.7 mi	South Manton, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
29.5 mi	Pit 3 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.0 mi	Trinity Weaverville, CA	Hydroelectric	140 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
33.6 mi	Britton Powerhouse Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.6 mi	Hat Creek Bioenergy Burney, CA	Biomass	—	Hat Creek Bioenergy, Llc
36.5 mi	Hat Creek 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.2 mi	Hat Creek 2 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
38.2 mi	Box Canyon Dam Mount Shasta, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Siskiyou Power Authority
39.3 mi	Bidwell Ditch Project Hat Creek, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Mega Renewables
40.4 mi	Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Natural Gas	46 MW	California Power Holdings Llc
40.4 mi	Pit 1 Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	69 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
40.9 mi	Lost Creek I Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
42.4 mi	Sierra Pacific Industries (2042-Rd) Red Bluff, CA	Solar	8 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
43.1 mi	Foundation Wal-Mart Red Bluff Red Bluff, CA	Wind	1 MW	Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc
45.2 mi	Shasta Solar Farm Fall River Mills, CA	Solar	3 MW	Ignite Solar Holdings Llc
49.3 mi	Roseburg Forest Products Biomass Weed, CA	Biomass	13 MW	Roseburg Forest Products

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Obrien, California (ZIP 96070), with a combined 2,656 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shasta College Ph2 Solar Project at 9.8 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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