Power Plants Near 96142 — Tahoma, CA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96142 (Tahoma, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0644, -120.1357 · County: El Dorado

Hydroelectric 49%Natural Gas 41%Geothermal 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
13.8 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
14.5 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
17.4 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
19.8 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
21.6 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
21.7 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
23.6 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
24.9 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
26.6 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
27.0 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
28.1 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
28.9 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
29.2 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
30.4 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
30.5 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
30.6 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
30.6 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
30.8 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
30.9 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
31.9 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
32.0 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
32.7 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
32.7 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
32.8 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
32.8 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
33.1 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
34.1 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
34.9 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
36.4 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
36.4 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
37.3 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
38.0 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
38.4 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
39.0 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.0 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
39.4 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.6 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
40.5 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.7 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
41.2 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
41.2 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
41.7 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
42.0 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
44.1 mi	Rollins Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
45.0 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
45.0 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
46.6 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.1 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
47.1 mi	Loma Rica Hydroelectric Powerhouse Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Nevada Irrigation District
47.4 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
47.9 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
48.0 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.0 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
49.2 mi	Halsey Auburn, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.6 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
49.7 mi	Combie South Auburn, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
49.7 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Tahoma, California (ZIP 96142), with a combined 2,789 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 40 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Loon Lake at 11.6 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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