Power Plants Near 96150 — South Lake Tahoe, CA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96150 (South Lake Tahoe, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9170, -119.9865 · County: El Dorado

Hydroelectric 75%Natural Gas 13%Geothermal 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.7 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
20.7 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
21.1 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
21.8 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
22.8 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
24.9 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
25.1 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
29.9 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.2 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
31.5 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.0 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
33.0 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
33.4 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
33.6 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
33.7 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
34.8 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
35.0 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.0 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.1 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
35.1 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
35.2 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.2 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.4 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
35.5 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
36.3 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
38.8 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
40.1 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
41.3 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
42.3 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
43.6 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
44.4 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
44.4 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
44.7 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
45.1 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.2 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.3 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.6 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
45.8 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
46.4 mi	Donnells None, CA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
46.5 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
47.7 mi	Ft. Churchill Pv Yerington, NV	Solar	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
47.8 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
48.0 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.0 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.1 mi	Fort Churchill Yerington, NV	Natural Gas	230 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
48.5 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.6 mi	Beardsley None, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of South Lake Tahoe, California (ZIP 96150), with a combined 1,758 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Loon Lake at 18.7 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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