528th largest plant in California · 4135th nationally
Csuci Site Authority is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 31.1 MW. It generates roughly 482 MWh per year — enough to power about 45 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 788 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (31.1 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Csuci Site Authority |
|---|---|
| Operator | Csuci Site Authority |
| City | Camarillo |
| County | Ventura County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 93012 |
| Coordinates | 34.16195, -119.04792 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 23.5 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 7.6 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CO₂ | 190 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 1 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 788 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | California Independent System Operator |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.