33rd largest plant in California · 590th nationally
Gateway Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 620 MW. It generates roughly 3.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 293,829 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 57% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 871 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (620 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 | Gateway Generating Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Pacific Gas & Electric Co. |
| City | Antioch |
| County | Contra Costa County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 94509 |
| Coordinates | 38.01750, -121.75870 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 213 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| CO₂ | 1.3M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 75 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 871 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.