133rd largest plant in California · 1662nd nationally
Redding Power is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 183 MW. It generates roughly 363.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 34,649 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 23% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1014 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 (183 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 | Redding Power |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Redding - (Ca) |
| City | Redding |
| County | Shasta County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 96001 |
| Coordinates | 40.50729, -122.42328 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 42.5 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 40.0 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.9 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.9 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 26.8 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 18.0 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| CO₂ | 184.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 4 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1014 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 | Balancing Authority Of Northern California |
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.