Power Plants Near 96145 — Tahoe City, CA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96145 (Tahoe City, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1806, -120.1445 · County: Placer

Hydroelectric 48%Natural Gas 42%Geothermal 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.7 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
15.7 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
16.2 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
16.7 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
20.1 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
21.3 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
23.3 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
24.1 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
24.3 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.4 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.6 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.6 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.6 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.9 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
25.9 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
26.1 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
26.5 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
27.1 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
28.4 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
28.6 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
28.6 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
30.4 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
31.3 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
31.5 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
31.7 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
32.2 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
32.4 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
32.9 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
33.5 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
33.7 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.8 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.5 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
35.4 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
35.4 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.4 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
36.9 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
37.1 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
37.1 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
38.3 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
40.0 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
42.3 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
42.6 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
42.8 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
42.9 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.5 mi	Rollins Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
43.7 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
43.7 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
44.9 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
45.1 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
45.4 mi	Loma Rica Hydroelectric Powerhouse Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Nevada Irrigation District
45.7 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
45.9 mi	Chukar Battery Energy Storage System Sparks, NV	Other Fossil	10 MW	Nevada Power Co
47.1 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
47.3 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.6 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Tahoe City, California (ZIP 96145), with a combined 2,712 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kings Beach at 7.7 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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