53rd largest plant in California · 861st nationally
Magnolia Power Project is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 388 MW. It generates roughly 1.5M MWh per year — enough to power about 140,544 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 43% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 912 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 (388 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 | Magnolia Power Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Burbank Water And Power |
| City | Burbank |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 91502 |
| Coordinates | 34.17860, -118.31530 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 199 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 189 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Southern California P P A | Glendora, CA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 672.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 28 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 912 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 | Los Angeles Department Of Water And Power |
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.