Power Plants Near 96120 — Markleeville, CA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96120 (Markleeville, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7713, -119.8327 · County: Alpine

Hydroelectric 66%Natural Gas 18%Geothermal 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.7 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
27.8 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
28.1 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.1 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.2 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.6 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
33.5 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
34.4 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
37.4 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
37.8 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
37.8 mi	Donnells None, CA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
37.9 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
38.1 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
39.5 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
39.7 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
41.5 mi	Beardsley None, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
41.5 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
41.7 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
42.0 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.4 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
42.9 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
43.0 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
43.1 mi	Spring Gap Long Barn, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
43.2 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
43.2 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
43.3 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
43.4 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
43.9 mi	Sand Bar Power Plant Stanislaus Ntl. Fores, CA	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Tri-Dam Power Authority
44.2 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
44.3 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
44.6 mi	Ft. Churchill Pv Yerington, NV	Solar	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
44.6 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
45.0 mi	Fort Churchill Yerington, NV	Natural Gas	230 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
45.7 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Markleeville, California (ZIP 96120), with a combined 1,286 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Brunswick at 26.7 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.

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