Power Plants Near 96157 — South Lake Tahoe, CA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96157 (South Lake Tahoe, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9344, -119.9767 · County: El Dorado

Natural Gas 48%Hydroelectric 45%Geothermal 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.0 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
19.4 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
21.7 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
21.7 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
22.6 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
25.1 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
25.6 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.6 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
31.0 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
31.8 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
31.9 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
32.1 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
32.4 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
32.8 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.5 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
33.7 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
33.7 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
33.8 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
33.9 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
33.9 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
33.9 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
34.1 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
34.2 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
35.9 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
37.5 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
37.7 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
40.5 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
41.6 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
43.1 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
43.4 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
43.6 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
44.4 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
44.8 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
44.8 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.0 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.2 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
45.6 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
46.4 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
46.9 mi	Ft. Churchill Pv Yerington, NV	Solar	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
47.0 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.3 mi	Fort Churchill Yerington, NV	Natural Gas	230 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
47.6 mi	Donnells None, CA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
47.9 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
47.9 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.4 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.7 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
49.7 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
49.9 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of South Lake Tahoe, California (ZIP 96157), with a combined 2,900 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Loon Lake at 19.0 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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