Power Plants Near 96136 — Wendel, CA

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96136 (Wendel, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3406, -120.2824 · County: Lassen

Solar 51%Hydroelectric 32%Biomass 9%Geothermal 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Hl Power Wendel, CA	Biomass	36 MW	Hl Power Company
2.5 mi	Hl Solar Wendel, CA	Solar	8 MW	Hl Solar Llc
9.7 mi	Amedee Geothermal Venture I Amedee, CA	Geothermal	3 MW	Hays Ranches, Llc
11.4 mi	High Sierra Cogeneration Plant Susanville, CA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Coop
15.6 mi	Psrec/Siad Solar Herlong, CA	Solar	3 MW	Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Coop
24.5 mi	Fish Springs Reno, NV	Solar	125 MW	Fish Springs Ranch Solar, Llc
37.4 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
42.8 mi	Hamilton Branch Peninsula Village, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
43.1 mi	Sierra Pacific Quincy Facility Quincy, CA	Biomass	35 MW	Sierra Pacific Industries
43.2 mi	North Valley Gerlach, NV	Geothermal	37 MW	North Valley
46.0 mi	Empire P.o. Box 135, NV	Geothermal	—	Usg Nevada Llc
46.6 mi	San Emidio Gerlach, NV	Geothermal	12 MW	Usg Nevada Llc
49.0 mi	Caribou 1 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.0 mi	Caribou 2 Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	118 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.2 mi	Butt Valley Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.9 mi	Oak Flat Belden, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
50.0 mi	Dodge Flat Reno, NV	Solar	250 MW	Dodge Flat Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Wendel, California (ZIP 96136), with a combined 753 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hl Power at 2.1 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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