943rd largest plant in California · 6807th nationally
Olive View Medical Center is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 5.6 MW. It generates roughly 14.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,379 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 30% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 626 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Olive View Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Los Angeles County Dhs |
| City | Sylmar |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 91342 |
| Coordinates | 34.32624, -118.44477 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTC1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.8 MW | Out of Service | 1987 |
| CTC2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.8 MW | Out of Service | 1987 |
| CO₂ | 4.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 12 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 626 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.