Power Plants Near 96146 — Olympic Valley, CA

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96146 (Olympic Valley, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1752, -120.1954 · County: Placer

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.2 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
13.1 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
15.0 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
17.8 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
21.0 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
21.6 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
23.9 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
24.0 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
24.6 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
25.3 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
26.1 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.2 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.2 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
26.6 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
26.8 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
27.9 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
28.0 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
28.0 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
28.1 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
28.3 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
28.4 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
29.7 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.2 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.8 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
30.9 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
31.1 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.1 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.9 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
32.7 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.1 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
33.4 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
34.0 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
34.0 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
34.4 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
34.4 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.8 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
35.1 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
35.7 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
37.3 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
37.8 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.0 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
40.7 mi	Rollins Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
41.4 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
42.6 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
42.7 mi	Loma Rica Hydroelectric Powerhouse Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Nevada Irrigation District
43.3 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
44.7 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
45.2 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.2 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
46.1 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
46.6 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
46.8 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.4 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
47.6 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
47.7 mi	Combie South Auburn, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
47.9 mi	Halsey Auburn, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.3 mi	Chukar Battery Energy Storage System Sparks, NV	Other Fossil	10 MW	Nevada Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Olympic Valley, California (ZIP 96146), with a combined 2,727 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kings Beach at 10.2 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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