1441st largest plant in California · 11440th nationally
Enloe Medical - Chico is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 1.7 MW. It generates roughly 13.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,281 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 90% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation.
| Plant Name | Enloe Medical - Chico |
|---|---|
| Operator | Bloom Energy |
| City | Chico |
| County | Butte County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 95926 |
| Coordinates | 39.74260, -121.84969 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENL00 | Other Natural Gas | Natural Gas | 1.7 MW | Operating | 2021 |
| 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.