Power Plants Near 96158 — South Lake Tahoe, CA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96158 (South Lake Tahoe, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8981, -119.9984 · County: El Dorado

Hydroelectric 75%Natural Gas 13%Geothermal 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.5 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
20.4 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
20.9 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
22.1 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
24.1 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
24.1 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
25.2 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
29.0 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
29.4 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
30.1 mi	Salt Springs Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	42 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
33.3 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
34.2 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
34.3 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
34.5 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
34.9 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.0 mi	Spicer Meadow Project Murphys, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern California Power Agny
35.1 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
36.2 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
36.4 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
36.5 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
36.5 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
36.7 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
36.7 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
36.8 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
36.9 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
39.7 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
40.0 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
40.9 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
40.9 mi	Tiger Creek Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
42.7 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc
43.4 mi	White Rock/Slab Creek Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	269 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
44.4 mi	West Point Ph Pioneer, CA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
44.7 mi	Chili Bar Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
45.1 mi	Donnells None, CA	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
45.5 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.5 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.7 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
45.8 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.2 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
46.8 mi	El Dorado County Placerville, CA	Solar	2 MW	Skyhigh 2 Solar
47.6 mi	Whitegrass No. 1 Yerington, NV	Geothermal	6 MW	Open Mountain Energy Llc.
48.1 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.1 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.2 mi	Beardsley None, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Oakdale&south San Joaquin Irrigation D.
48.5 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
48.7 mi	Ft. Churchill Pv Yerington, NV	Solar	20 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
49.1 mi	Fort Churchill Yerington, NV	Natural Gas	230 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
49.5 mi	Spring Gap Long Barn, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
49.9 mi	Sand Bar Power Plant Stanislaus Ntl. Fores, CA	Hydroelectric	16 MW	Tri-Dam Power Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of South Lake Tahoe, California (ZIP 96158), with a combined 1,780 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Loon Lake at 18.5 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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