474th largest plant in California · 3835th nationally
Ucla So Campus Cogen Project is a natural gas power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 43.0 MW. It generates roughly 245.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 23,339 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 65% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 620 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (43.0 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.
| Plant Name | Ucla So Campus Cogen Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | University Of California-La |
| City | Los Angeles |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| State | California |
| ZIP | 90095 |
| Coordinates | 34.06920, -118.44390 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN-A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 16.4 MW | Under Construction | — |
| GEN-B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 16.4 MW | Under Construction | — |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 14.5 MW | Retired | 1993 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 14.5 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 14.0 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| CO₂ | 76.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 207 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 620 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.