Power Plants Near 96130 — Susanville, CA

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96130 (Susanville, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3983, -120.6464 · County: Lassen

Hydroelectric 67%Solar 20%Biomass 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	High Sierra Cogeneration Plant Susanville, CA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Coop
20.2 mi	Hl Power Wendel, CA	Biomass	36 MW	Hl Power Company
20.3 mi	Hl Solar Wendel, CA	Solar	8 MW	Hl Solar Llc
25.0 mi	Hamilton Branch Peninsula Village, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
29.3 mi	Amedee Geothermal Venture I Amedee, CA	Geothermal	3 MW	Hays Ranches, Llc
32.2 mi	Collins Pine Project Chester, CA	Biomass	5 MW	Collins Pine Co
32.5 mi	Psrec/Siad Solar Herlong, CA	Solar	3 MW	Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Coop
32.6 mi	Butt Valley Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.2 mi	Caribou 1 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.2 mi	Caribou 2 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.5 mi	Sierra Pacific Quincy Facility Quincy, CA	Biomass	35 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
35.2 mi	Oak Flat Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.3 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
41.7 mi	Belden Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.9 mi	Fish Springs Reno, NV	Solar	125 MW	Fish Springs Ranch Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Rock Creek Dam Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.3 mi	Lost Creek I Burney, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Snow Mountain Hydro Llc
48.5 mi	Grizzly N/A, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	City Of Santa Clara - (Ca)
49.3 mi	Bucks Creek Storrie, CA	Hydroelectric	66 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Susanville, California (ZIP 96130), with a combined 666 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is High Sierra Cogeneration Plant at 8.9 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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