Power Plants Near 96140 — Carnelian Bay, CA

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96140 (Carnelian Bay, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2319, -120.0753 · County: Placer

Natural Gas 48%Hydroelectric 40%Geothermal 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
11.6 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
16.6 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
18.4 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
19.0 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
19.3 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
20.4 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
20.5 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
20.5 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
20.5 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
20.7 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
20.8 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
20.9 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
21.8 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
26.0 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
26.4 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
26.8 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
28.0 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
28.3 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.3 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
30.8 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.1 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
31.1 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.2 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.4 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
32.2 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
34.3 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
35.5 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
36.8 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
37.1 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.1 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.2 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
37.3 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
37.7 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
37.7 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
38.3 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
38.6 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
39.0 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.3 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
40.1 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
40.7 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
40.7 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
40.8 mi	Chukar Battery Energy Storage System Sparks, NV	Other Fossil	10 MW	Nevada Power Co
41.4 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
42.1 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
43.8 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
45.4 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
45.9 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
47.5 mi	Rollins Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
48.1 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
48.8 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
49.0 mi	Loma Rica Hydroelectric Powerhouse Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Nevada Irrigation District

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Carnelian Bay, California (ZIP 96140), with a combined 2,397 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kings Beach at 2.7 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.

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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