Power Plants Near 96162 — Truckee, CA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 96162 (Truckee, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3280, -120.1833 · County: Nevada

Natural Gas 48%Hydroelectric 41%Geothermal 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Farad Floriston, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
10.1 mi	Kings Beach Kings Beach, CA	Oil	15 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
10.7 mi	Stampede Truckee, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
21.0 mi	French Meadows Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Placer County Water Agency
22.4 mi	Steamboat Hills Lp Reno, NV	Geothermal	34 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
22.6 mi	Galena 2 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	17 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
23.3 mi	Richard Burdette Geothermal Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
23.4 mi	Steamboat 1 Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
23.4 mi	Steamboat 1a Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	—	Ormat Nevada Inc
23.6 mi	Galena 3 Geothermal Power Plant Reno, NV	Geothermal	30 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
23.7 mi	Steamboat Iii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
23.8 mi	Steamboat Ii Reno, NV	Geothermal	24 MW	Steamboat Development Corp
24.2 mi	Spaulding 3 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.7 mi	Spaulding 1 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
24.7 mi	Spaulding 2 Emigrant Gap, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
25.0 mi	Loon Lake Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	74 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
25.7 mi	Valley Road Reno, NV	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
26.3 mi	Brunswick Carson City, NV	Oil	6 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
26.4 mi	Bowman Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
26.9 mi	Haypress Sierra City, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Eif Haypress Llc
30.5 mi	Middle Fork Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	122 MW	Placer County Water Agency
31.6 mi	Robbs Peak Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
31.6 mi	Drum 2 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	53 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.6 mi	Drum 1 Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	49 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
31.7 mi	Fleish Fleish, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
32.0 mi	Verdi Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
32.2 mi	Waste Management Lockwood Lfgte Sparks, NV	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
33.3 mi	Washoe Verdi, NV	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Truckee Meadows Water Authority
34.1 mi	Alta Powerhouse Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
34.7 mi	Jones Fork Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
35.0 mi	Union Valley Fresh Pond, CA	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
35.4 mi	Deer Creek Ph Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
35.7 mi	Dutch Flat 2 Dutch Flat, CA	Hydroelectric	27 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
35.7 mi	Dutch Flat Alta, CA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
36.8 mi	Ralston Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	79 MW	Placer County Water Agency
36.9 mi	Portola Portola, CA	Oil	—	Sierra Pacific Power Co
37.6 mi	Oxbow (Ca) Foresthill, CA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Placer County Water Agency
38.7 mi	Tracy Sparks, NV	Natural Gas	1,033 MW	Sierra Pacific Power Co
38.9 mi	Jaybird Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	162 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
39.1 mi	Turquoise Nevada, Llc Sparks, NV	Solar	60 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.3 mi	Chicago Park Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	44 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
39.3 mi	Western 102 Power Plant Mccarran, NV	Natural Gas	119 MW	Nevada Gold Mines
39.4 mi	Camino Camino, CA	Hydroelectric	158 MW	Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
39.7 mi	Turquoise Liberty Solar Sparks, NV	Solar	10 MW	Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) Llc
40.2 mi	Scott Flat Nevada City, CA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
42.3 mi	Tesla Reno Gigafactory Sparks, NV	Solar	7 MW	Tesla Inc.
42.9 mi	Chukar Battery Energy Storage System Sparks, NV	Other Fossil	10 MW	Nevada Power Co
43.3 mi	Rollins Colfax, CA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Nevada Irrigation District
43.7 mi	El Dorado Pollock Pines, CA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	El Dorado Irrigation District
43.8 mi	Loma Rica Hydroelectric Powerhouse Grass Valley, CA	Hydroelectric	—	Nevada Irrigation District
49.4 mi	Rock Creek Lp Placerville, CA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Hydroland Omega Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Truckee, California (ZIP 96162), with a combined 2,391 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Farad at 9.8 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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