Power Plants Near 96143 — Kings Beach, CA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96143 (Kings Beach, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.2401, -120.0233 · County: Placer

Natural Gas 52%Hydroelectric 36%Geothermal 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
10.7 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
16.0 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
16.4 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
16.5 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
16.6 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
17.7 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
17.9 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
17.9 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
17.9 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
18.2 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
18.3 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
23.2 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
23.4 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
24.0 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
24.0 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
24.5 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
25.1 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
27.7 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
30.4 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
33.1 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
33.4 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.7 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.8 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.1 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
34.4 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
34.7 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
35.2 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
35.2 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.1 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
36.6 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
37.3 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
37.4 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
38.2 mi	Chukar Battery Energy Storage System Sparks, NV	Other Fossil	10 MW	Nevada Power Co
39.1 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
39.6 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
39.8 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
39.8 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
41.1 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
41.8 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.1 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
43.5 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
43.5 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
44.1 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
44.4 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
45.4 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
46.2 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
46.6 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
47.9 mi	Ft. Churchill Pv Yerington, NV	Solar	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
48.3 mi	Fort Churchill Yerington, NV	Natural Gas	230 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
48.7 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Kings Beach, California (ZIP 96143), with a combined 2,632 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kings Beach at 0.4 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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