Equilon Los Angeles Refining

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP83 MW capacity

302nd largest plant in California · 2772nd nationally

Equilon Los Angeles Refining is a other fossil power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 83.0 MW. It generates roughly 334.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 31,869 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 46% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 662 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%46%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0JFMar: 2.7k MWh (4% of capacity)MAMJun: 1.7k MWh (3% of capacity)JJul: 6.5k MWh (11% of capacity)JAug: 3.5k MWh (6% of capacity)ASep: 1.2k MWh (2% of capacity)SONov: 4.5k MWh (8% of capacity)NDec: 1.9k MWh (3% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (83.0 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.

Capacity83 MWnameplate
Annual Generation334.6k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor46%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂110.8kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameEquilon Los Angeles Refining
OperatorTesoro Refining And Marketing Company
CityWilmington
CountyLos Angeles County
StateCalifornia
ZIP90748
Coordinates33.79167, -118.23472

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasSolarBiomassBattery Storage

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Other GasesOther Gas30.0 MWOperating1982
GEN2Other GasesOther Gas30.0 MWOperating1982
GEN3Other GasesOther Gas23.0 MWOperating1991

Emissions (annual)

CO₂110.8k metric tons
NOₓ189 metric tons
CO₂ Rate662 lb/MWh
This plant662 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionWECC
Balancing AuthorityLos Angeles Department Of Water And Power

About Other Fossil plants

Equilon Los Angeles Refining is a federally registered power generation facility in California.

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