List of power stations in California#Natural gas
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|caption = Sources of California in-state electricity generation in 2022.{{ cite web | url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2022-total-system-electric-generation | title=2022 Total System Electric Generation | work=California Energy Commission | access-date=2023-09-09 }} This accounted for 70% of CA's demand in 2022; the remaining 30% was imported.{{ r | En_CAgov_2022 }}
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| label2 = Solar
| value2 = 19.92
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| label3 = Nuclear
| value3 = 8.67
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| label4 = Hydroelectric
| value4 = 8.66
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| label5 = Wind
| value5 = 6.86
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| label6 = Geothermal
| value6 = 5.47
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| label7 = Biomass
| value7 = 2.64
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| label8 = Waste heat/petroleum
| value8 = 0.15
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| label9 = Coal
| value9 = 0.13
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This is a list of power stations in the U.S. state of California that are used for utility-scale electricity generation. This includes baseload, peaking, and energy storage power stations, but does not include large backup generators. {{As of|2018}}, California had 80 GW of installed generation capacity encompassing more than 1,500 power plants; with 41 GW of natural gas, 26.5 GW of renewable (12 GW solar, 6 GW wind), 12 GW large hydroelectric, and 2.4 GW nuclear.{{ r | En_CAgov | p=1 | q=California has approximately 80,000 MW of electric generation capacity installed across the state amongst more than 1,500 power plants utilizing a broad array of technologies. Total installed renewable generation capacity is 26,500 MW with almost 12,000 MW from solar and 6,000 MW from wind. Large hydroelectric power plants, considered a zero-carbon resource, provide an additional 12,000 MW of capacity while California's last remaining operational nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, provides 2,400 MW. Natural gas-fired power plants make up 41,000 MW or about half of the state's total generating capacity, but their energy is displaced by hydroelectric generation during wet years when spring runoff from snowpack is plentiful. The tremendous growth in utility-scale renewable generation has also helped reduce the state's reliance on natural gas, favoring those power plants that can provide fast-ramping capabilities to integrate wind and solar generation while displacing the use of aging steam generators that are slow to respond to changing grid conditions. }}
In 2020, California had a total summer capacity of 78,055 MW through all of its power plants, and a net energy generation of 193,075 GWh.{{cite web |url=http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/california/ |title=California Electricity Profile |publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration |access-date=2022-07-18}} Its electricity production was the third largest in the nation behind Texas and Florida. California ranks first in the nation as a producer of solar, geothermal, and biomass resources.{{cite web |url=https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=CA |title=California Electricity Profile Analysis |publisher=U.S. EIA |access-date=2021-01-08}} Utility-scale solar photovoltaic and thermal sources together generated 17% of electricity in 2021. Small-scale solar including customer-owned PV panels delivered an additional net 19,828 GWh to California's electrical grid, equal to about half the generation by the state's utility-scale facilities.{{cite web
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|title=Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, California, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–21
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The Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County is the largest power station in California with a nameplate capacity of 2,256 MW and an annual generation of 18,214 GWh in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/6099?freq=A&start=2016&end=2018&ctype=linechart<ype=pin&columnchart=ELEC.PLANT.GEN.6099-ALL-ALL.A&linechart=ELEC.PLANT.GEN.6099-ALL-ALL.A&maptype=0&pin=|title=Electricity Data Browser - Diablo Canyon|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 9, 2020}} The largest under construction is the Westlands Solar Park in Kings County, which will generate 2,000 MW when completed in 2025.{{Cite web|url=http://www.westlandssolarpark.com/|title=Westlands Solar Park|language=en-US|access-date=January 13, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/official-giant-solar-proposal-poised-for-growth/article_99c6903b-44c3-526e-adef-546a7f3a8d56.html|title=Official: Giant solar proposal poised for growth|first=Seth|last=Nidever|website=Hanford Sentinel|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020}}
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) oversees the operation of its member utilities.
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Battery storage
This is a list of operational battery storage power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.
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| Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar
| 2022
| {{cite web|url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2022/10/18/second-largest-solar-energy-storage-project-opens-blyth/|title=Second Largest Solar Energy Storage Project Opens Blythe|access-date=December 18, 2023}} {{cite web|url=https://recurrentenergy.com/project/crimson/|title=Crimson Storage|access-date=December 18, 2023}}
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| El Centro BESS
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| 30
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| IID
| 2016
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/energy-water-summit/2016/10/26/southern-california-giant-battery-comes-life/92724606/|title=A giant battery comes to life|last=Roth|first=Sammy|website=Desert Sun|language=en|access-date=February 18, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.powereng.com/projects/30-mw-20-mwh-iid-battery-energy-storage-system/|title=30 MW / 20 MWh IID Battery Energy Storage System|website=www.powereng.com|access-date=February 18, 2020}}
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| Escondido Energy Storage
| {{coord|33|07|29|N|117|06|53|W|name=Escondido Energy Storage}}
| 30
| 120
| 2017
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.utilitydive.com/news/sdge-aes-bring-worlds-largest-lithium-ion-battery-storage-online-in-cali/436832/|title=SDG&E, AES bring world's largest lithium ion battery storage online in California|website=Utility Dive|language=en-US|access-date=February 17, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/60570|title=Electricity Data Browser - Escondido Energy Storage|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 17, 2020}}
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| Mira Loma Energy Storage Facility
| Ontario
| {{coord|34|00|24|N|117|33|34|W|name=Mira Loma Energy Storage Facility}}
| 20
| 80
| SCE, Tesla Energy
| 2017
| {{Cite web|url=https://electrek.co/2017/01/23/tesla-mira-loma-powerpack-station-southern-california-edison/|title=Tesla quietly brings online its massive - biggest in the world - 80 MWh Powerpack station with Southern California Edison|last=Lambert|first=Fred|date=January 23, 2017|website=Electrek|language=en-US|access-date=February 17, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://energized.edison.com/stories/innovative-battery-storage-facility-at-sces-mira-loma-substation-allows-for-more-renewables|title=Innovative Battery Storage Facility at SCE's Mira Loma Substation Allows for More Renewables|last=Aoyagi-Stom|first=Caroline|website=Energized by Edison|language=en-us|access-date=February 17, 2020}}
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| Vista Energy Storage System
| Vista
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| LS Power Group
| 2018
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/52610550|title=AES starts building largest battery peaker, highlighting technology's potential|website=www.spglobal.com|language=en-us|access-date=February 17, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/61661/?freq=Q&pin=|title=Electricity Data Browser - Vista Energy Storage System|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 17, 2020}}
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|LS Power Group
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|Stanton Battery Energy Storage
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Biomass
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This is a list of operational biomass and biogas power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.
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Coal
The Argus Cogeneration Plant in San Bernardino County is the only coal-fired power station still operating within the state of California. The Intermountain Power Plant (which is 75% owned by LADWP along with five other Los Angeles area cities) in the state of Utah supplied 20% of the electricity consumed by Los Angeles residents in 2017.{{ cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-garcetti-dwp-gas-plants-20190212-story.html | title=How will L.A. replace three gas plants that Mayor Eric Garcetti plans to shut down? | last=Roth | first=Sammy | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=2019-02-12 | access-date=2020-08-26 | quote=As Los Angeles officials celebrated the transition away from natural gas on Tuesday, they mostly glossed over the fact that the city still gets much of its power from an even dirtier fossil fuel: coal. In 2017, 18% of L.A.’s electricity was generated at the Intermountain Power Plant, a coal-burning facility outside Delta, Utah. }}
Geothermal
{{main|List of geothermal power stations in the United States}}
This is a list of all operational geothermal power stations in California.
Hydroelectric
{{see also|List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States}}
=Conventional=
File:OrovilleDam.jpg, the second largest hydroelectric dam in California by nameplate capacity]]
Conventional hydroelectric power stations include traditional reservoir and run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations. The list below includes all conventional hydroelectric power station in the state with a nameplate capacity of at least 50 megawatts.
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| Name
! Location ! Coordinates ! data-sort-type="number"|Capacity ! Owner ! {{abbr|Year|Year commissioned}} ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref|References}} |
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| Balch Powerhouse
| {{coord|36|54|32|N|119|05|16|W|name=Balch Powerhouse}} | 128.2 | PG&E | 1927 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/218|title=Electricity Data Browser - Balch 2|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/217|title=Electricity Data Browser - Balch 1|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}} |
| Belden Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|00|27|N|121|14|58|W|name=Belden Powerhouse}} | 118 | PG&E | 1969 |
| Big Creek No. 1
| {{coord|37|12|15|N|119|14|23|W|name=Big Creek No. 1}} | 88.4 | SCE | 1913 |
| Big Creek No. 2
| {{coord|37|11|57|N|119|18|20|W|name=Big Creek No. 2}} | 66.6 | SCE | 1913 |
| Big Creek No. 2A
| {{coord|37|11|56|N|119|18|22|W|name=Big Creek No. 2A}} | 110 | SCE | 1928 |
| Big Creek No. 3
| {{coord|37|08|55|N|119|23|12|W|name=Big Creek No. 3}} | 174.5 | SCE | 1923 |
| Big Creek No. 4
| {{coord|37|08|21|N|119|29|23|W|name=Big Creek No. 4}} | 100 | SCE | 1951 |
| Big Creek No. 8
| {{coord|37|12|35|N|119|19|44|W|name=Big Creek No. 8}} | 75 | SCE | 1921 |
| Bucks Creek Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|54|38|N|121|19|39|W|name=Bucks Creek Powerhouse}} | 66 | PG&E | 1928 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/220|title=Electricity Data Browser - Bucks Creek|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/enviro/eis/2019/06-14-19-DEIS/06-14-19-DEIS.pdf|title=DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR HYDROPOWER LICENSE Bucks Creek Hydropower Project Docket No. P-619-164 – California|date=June 2019|website=ferc.gov|series=FERC/EIS-0295D|pages=2-1, 2-3|access-date=February 28, 2020}} |
| Camino Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|47|44|N|120|37|19|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Camino Powerhouse}} | 157.8 | SMUD | |
| Caribou No. 1
| {{coord|40|05|08|N|121|08|53|W|name=Caribou No. 1 Powerhouse}} | 73.8 | PG&E | 1921 |
| Caribou No. 2
| {{coord|40|05|10|N|121|08|58|W|name=Caribou No. 2 Powerhouse}} | 118 | PG&E | 1958 |
| Cresta Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|49|34|N|121|24|34|W|name=Cresta Powerhouse}} | 73.8 | PG&E | |
| Devil Canyon
| {{coord|34|12|20|N|117|20|05|W|name=Devil Canyon}} | 276.2 | CDWR | |
| Dion R Holm Powerhouse
| {{coord|37|53|48|N|119|58|06|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Holm Powerhouse}} | 156.8 | | |
| Donnells Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|14|47|N|120|02|02|W|name=Donnells Powerhouse}} | 72 | | |
| Drum No. 2 Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|15|26|N|120|46|01|W|name=Drum No. 2 Powerhouse}} | 53 | PG&E | |
| Electra Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|19|52|N|120|40|12|W|name=Electra Powerhouse}} | 102.5 | PG&E | 1900 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/239|title=Electricity Data Browser - Electra|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ledger.news/roots/vestiges-of-amador-water-power-and-the-wild-mokelumne-part/article_eaf3088e-2e09-11e8-a269-cbef6f08388b.html|title=Vestiges of Amador—Water, Power, and The Wild Mokelumne, Part II – Another Powerhouse and Mountain Explorations|last=Cook|first=Deborah Coleen|website=Ledger Dispatch|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2020}} |
| Folsom Dam
| Folsom | {{coord|38|42|28|N|121|09|23|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Folsom Dam}} | 198.6 | USBR | 1956 |
| Haas Powerhouse
| {{coord|36|55|39|N|119|01|13|W|name=Haas Powerhouse}} | 135 | PG&E | |
| James B Black Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|59|32|N|121|58|31|W|name=James B Black Powerhouse}} | 168.6 | PG&E | |
| Jaybird Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|50|03|N|120|31|54|W|name=Jaybird Powerhouse}} | 161.6 | SMUD | 1961 |
| Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|38|49|N|122|37|37|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse}} | 154.4 | USBR | 1963 |
| Kerckhoff Powerhouse No. 2
| {{coord|37|04|17|N|119|33|32|W|name=Kerckhoff Powerhouse No. 2}} | 139.5 | PG&E | |
| Keswick Dam
| Keswick | {{coord|40|36|43|N|122|26|45|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Keswick Dam}} | 117 | USBR | 1950 |
| Loon Lake Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|59|05|N|120|19|40|W|name=Loon Lake Powerhouse}} | 74 | SMUD | 1971 |
| Mammoth Pool Powerhouse
| {{coord|37|13|13|N|119|20|16|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Mammoth Pool Powerhouse}} | 190 | SCE | 1959 |
| Middle Fork Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|01|29|N|120|35|47|W|name=Middle Fork Powerhouse}} | 122.4 | | |
| Moccasin Powerhouse
| Moccasin | {{coord|37|48|33|N|120|17|58|W|name=Moccasin Powerhouse}} | 100 | SFPUC | 1930 |
| New Bullards Bar Dam
| {{coord|39|23|36|N|121|08|35|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=New Bullards Bar Dam (Colgate)}} | 315 | YCWA | 1969 |
| New Don Pedro Dam
| {{coord|37|42|03|N|120|25|15|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=New Don Pedro Dam}} | 170.8 | 1971 |
| New Exchequer Dam
| {{coord|37|39|32|N|120|15|14|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=New Exchequer Dam}} | 94.5 | MeID | 1967 |
| New Melones Dam
| {{coord|37|56|57|N|120|31|27|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=New Melones Dam}} | 300 | USBR | 1979 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=569|title=Bureau of Reclamation|website=www.usbr.gov|access-date=February 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/6158|title=Electricity Data Browser - New Melones|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}} |
| Oroville Dam
| Oroville | {{coord|39|32|20|N|121|29|08|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Oroville Dam (Edward C Hyatt)}} | 644 | CDWR | 1968 |
| Parker Dam
| {{coord|34|17|47|N|114|08|21|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Parker Dam}} | 120 | USBR | 1938 |
| Pine Flat Dam
| Piedra | {{coord|36|49|57|N|119|19|33|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Pine Flat Dam}} | 165 | USACE | 1954 |
| Pit No. 1 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|59|27|N|121|29|53|W|name=Pit No. 1 Powerhouse}} | 69.2 | PG&E | |
| Pit No. 3 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|59|51|N|121|44|52|W|name=Pit No. 3 Powerhouse}} | 80 | PG&E | |
| Pit No. 4 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|59|11|N|121|50|57|W|name=Pit No. 4 Powerhouse}} | 103.4 | PG&E | |
| Pit No. 5 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|59|11|N|121|58|39|W|name=Pit No. 5 Powerhouse}} | 141.6 | PG&E | |
| Pit No. 6 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|55|21|N|121|59|34|W|name=Pit No. 6 Powerhouse}} | 79.2 | PG&E | |
| Pit No. 7 Powerhouse
| {{coord|40|50|51|N|121|59|26|W|name=Pit No. 7 Powerhouse}} | 109.8 | PG&E | |
| Poe Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|43|22|N|121|28|11|W|name=Poe Powerhouse}} | 142.8 | PG&E | |
| R.C. Kirkwood Powerhouse
| {{coord|37|52|39|N|119|57|12|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=O'Shaughnessy Dam}} | 155.5 | | |
| Ralston Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|00|04|N|120|43|30|W|name=Ralston Powerhouse}} | 79.2 | | |
| Rock Creek Powerhouse
| {{coord|39|54|18|N|121|20|43|W|name=Rock Creek Powerhouse}} | 126 | PG&E | |
| San Francisquito No. 1
| {{coord|34|35|24|N|118|27|17|W|name=San Francisquito No. 1}} | 65.5 | LADWP | 1917 |
| Shasta Dam
| {{coord|40|43|07|N|122|25|08|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Shasta Dam}} | 714 | USBR | 1945 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=552|title=Bureau of Reclamation|website=www.usbr.gov|access-date=February 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/445|title=Electricity Data Browser - Shasta|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}} |
| Spring Creek Power Plant
| Keswick | {{coord|40|37|42|N|122|28|04|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Spring Creek Power Plant}} | 180 | USBR | 1964 |
| Tiger Creek Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|26|57|N|120|29|34|W|name=Tiger Creek Powerhouse}} | 52.2 | PG&E | 1931 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/287|title=Electricity Data Browser - Tiger Creek|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ledger.news/roots/vestiges-of-amador-water-power-and-the-wild-mokelumne-part/article_1f5ffb22-440d-11e8-b5da-a39fd2fdf7f9.html|title=Vestiges of Amador—Water, Power, and The Wild Mokelumne, Part V – The Mokelumne Project Goes Online|last=Cook|first=Deborah Coleen|website=Ledger Dispatch|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2020}} |
| Trinity Dam
| {{coord|40|47|58|N|122|45|46|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Trinity Dam}} | 140 | USBR | 1962 |
| White Rock Powerhouse
| {{coord|38|45|54|N|120|47|14|W|name=White Rock Powerhouse}} | 266.5 | SMUD | |
| William E. Warne
| {{coord|34|41|06|N|118|47|17|W|name=William E. Warne Power Plant}} | 74 | CDWR | |
=Pumped-storage=
File:Castaic Power Plant Front.jpg, the largest pumped-storage power station in California]]
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity is important means of large-scale grid energy storage that helps improve the daily capacity factor of California's electricity generation system. This is a list of all operational pumped-storage power stations in California.
| class="wikitable sortable" border = "1" |
| Name
! Location ! Coordinates ! data-type-sort="number"|Capacity ! Owner ! {{abbr|Year|Year commissioned}} ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref|References}} |
|---|
| Castaic
| {{coord|34|35|15|N|118|39|24|W|name=Castaic Power Plant}} | 1,500 | 1973 |
| Helms
| {{coord|37|02|21|N|118|57|49|W|name=Helms Power Plant}} | 1,212 | PG&E | 1984 |
| J.S. Eastwood
| {{coord|37|08|52|N|119|15|24|W|name=J.S. Eastwood Pumped Storage Plant}} | 200 | SCE | 1987 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.transmissionhub.com/articles/2016/03/sces-200-mw-eastwood-hydro-unit-in-california-returns-to-service.html|title=SCE's 200-MW Eastwood hydro unit in California returns to service |website=www.transmissionhub.com|access-date=February 16, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.edison.com/stories/big-creek-hydroelectric-system-produces-hardest-working-water-in-the-world|title=Big Creek Hydroelectric System Produces 'Hardest Working Water in the World'|last=Klein|first=Paul|website=Edison International|language=en|access-date=February 16, 2020}} |
| Lake Hodges
| {{coord|33|03|29|N|117|07|08|W|name=Lake Hodges Pumped Storage Project}} | 42 | SDCWA | 2012 |
| O'Neill
| {{coord|37|05|55|N|121|02|52|W|name=O'Neill Dam}} | 25 | USBR | 1967 |
| Thermalito
| {{coord|39|30|55|N|121|37|45|W|name=Thermalito Pumped Storage}} | 120 | CDWR | 1968 |
| William R. Gianelli
| {{coord|37|04|07|N|121|04|48|W|name=William R. Gianelli Power Plant}} | 424 | 1968 |
Natural gas
File:AES Alamitos Generating Station 039.jpg, the largest natural gas-fired power station in California]]
This is a list of operational natural gas-fired power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 100 megawatts.
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Nuclear
File:Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.jpg]]
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been the only nuclear power station in California since the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. Due to the changing dynamics of electricity generation in California, Diablo Canyon is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025.{{Cite news|last=Sneed|first=David|url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article84993992.html|title=PG&E agrees to close Diablo Canyon in 2025|date=June 21, 2016|work=San Luis Obispo Tribune|access-date=February 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-diablo-canyon-nuclear-20180111-story.html|title=Regulators vote to shut down Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant|date=January 11, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=February 14, 2020}} The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (the largest power generator in the United States), which is 27% owned by California power agencies, in the neighboring state of Arizona supplies a significant amount of power to southern California.
| class="wikitable"
! Name ! Location ! Coordinates ! Capacity ! Owner ! Type ! {{abbr|Year|Year commissioned}} ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref|References}} |
| Diablo Canyon
| {{coord|35|12|39|N|120|51|22|W|name=Diablo Canyon Nuclear}} | 2,256 | PG&E | PWR | 1985 |
| Palo Verde
| | 3,937 | Southern California Edison, SCPPA, LADWP, and others | PWR | 1986-1988 | |
Petroleum
This is a list of operational petroleum-fired power stations in California.
Solar
{{See also|Solar power in California}}
=Photovoltaic=
File:Solar Panels at Topaz Solar 5 (8159036498).jpg]]
{{See also|List of photovoltaic power stations}}
This is a list of very large (>100MW) solar photovoltaic power stations in California as of January 1, 2019.
To update and expand this list, search the Energy Information Administration's plant-level data set by visiting the [http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/ Electricity Data Browser]. Alternatively, view the [http://www.seia.org/research-resources/major-solar-projects-list Solar Industry Association's Major Solar Projects List] which is less frequently updated.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name ! Location ! Coordinates ! data-sort-type="number"|Capacity ! Owner ! {{abbr|Year|Year commissioned}} ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref|References}} |
| Antelope Expansion 2
| {{coord|34|44|45|N|118|18|35|W|name=Antelope Expansion 2}} | align="center" | {{nts|105}} | | 2019 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/61264/?freq=M&pin=|title=Electricity Data Browser - Antelope Expansion 2|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 20, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/04/29/1811377/0/en/sPower-and-MCE-Complete-Largest-Operational-CCA-Solar-Project-in-California.html|title=sPower and MCE Complete Largest Operational CCA Solar Project in California|date=April 29, 2019|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|access-date=February 20, 2020}} |
| Antelope Valley Solar Ranch
| {{coord|34|46| |N|118|25| |W|name=Antelope Valley Solar Ranch}} | align="center" | {{nts|230}} | Exelon | 2014 | |
| Astoria Solar Project
| {{coord|34|50|39|N|118|27|31|W|name=Astoria}} | align="center" | {{nts|175}} | | 2016 |
| Beacon Solar Project
| {{coord|35|15|25|N|118|00|47|W|name=Beacon Solar}} | align="center" | {{nts|250}} | LADWP | 2017 | |
| Blythe Solar Power Project
| {{WikidataCoord|Q734091|display=|name=Blythe Solar Energy Center}} | align="center" | {{nts|235}} | 2016 | |
| California Flats Solar Project
| {{coord|35|53| |N|120|24| |W|name=California Flats Solar Project}} | align="center" | {{nts|280}} | 2019 | |
| California Valley Solar Ranch
| {{coord|35|20|N|119|55|W|name=California Valley Solar Ranch}} | align="center" | {{nts|250}} | 2013 | |
| Campo Verde Solar Project
| {{coord|32|45|N|115|43|W|name=Campo Verde}} | align="center" | {{nts|139}} | Southern Company, Turner Renewable Energy | 2013 |
| Catalina Solar Project
| {{coord|34|55|51|N|118|20|06|W|name=Catalina}} | align="center" | {{nts|143.2}} | enXco | 2012 |
| Centinela Solar Energy Project
| {{coord|32|40|55|N|115|39|38|W|name=Centinela}} | align="center" | {{nts|170}} | | 2013 | |
| Desert Stateline Solar Facility
| {{coord|35|35|08|N|115|26|09|W|name=Desert Stateline Solar Facility}} | align="center" | {{nts|250}} | Southern Company, First Solar | 2016 | |
| Desert Sunlight Solar Farm
| {{coord|33|49|33|N|115|24|08|W|name=Desert Sunlight Solar Farm}} | align="center" | {{nts|550}} | NextEra Energy, GE Power, Sumitomo Group | 2015 | |
| Garland Solar Facility
| {{coord|34|49|31|N|118|31|30|W|name=Garland}} | align="center" | {{nts|200}} | | 2016 |
| Great Valley Solar Farm
| {{coord|36|34|52|N|120|22|46|W|name=Great Valley}} | align="center" | {{nts|200}} | | 2018 |
| Henrietta Solar Project
| {{coord|36|13|08|N|119|48|21|W|name=Henrietta}} | align="center" | {{nts|105}} | | 2016 |
| Imperial Solar Energy Center South
| {{coord|32|39|36|N|115|39|36|W|name=Imperial Solar South}} | align="center" | {{nts|130}} | Tenaska | 2013 | |
| Imperial Solar Energy Center West
| {{coord|32|46|30|N|115|47|06|W|name=Imperial Solar South}} | align="center" | {{nts|150}} | Tenaska | 2016 | |
| McCoy Solar Energy Project
| {{coord|33|43|00|N|114|45|00|W|name=McCoy Solar Energy Project}} | align="center" | {{nts|250}} | 2016 | |
| Mount Signal Solar
| {{coord|32|40|24|N|115|38|23|W|name=Mount Signal Solar}} | align="center" | {{nts|460}} | TerraForm Power, Capital Dynamics | 2014 | |
| Mustang Solar Project
| {{coord|36|13|18|N|119|54|11|W|name=Mustang}} | align="center" | {{nts|100}} | | 2016 |
| North Rosamond Solar Project
| {{coord|34|51|43|N|118|22|50|W|name=North Rosamond Solar Project}} | align="center" | {{nts|150}} | | 2019 |
| Panoche Valley Solar Farm
| {{WikidataCoord|Q7131446|display=|name=Panoche Valley Solar Farm}} | align="center" | {{nts|130}} | 2018 | |
| Quinto Solar Project
| {{coord|37|07|49|N|121|03|08|W|name=Quinto}} | align="center" | {{nts|110}} | | 2015 |
| San Pablo Raceway Solar Project
| {{coord|34|43|26|N|118|16|47|W|name=San Pablo Raceway Solar Project}} | align="center" | {{nts|100}} | | 2019 |
| Solar Gen 2 Facility
| {{coord|33|04|48|N|115|28|12|W|name=Solar Gen 2}} | align="center" | {{nts|150}} | | 2014 |
| Solar Star
| {{coord|34|49|50|N|118|23|53|W|name=Solar Star}} | align="center" | {{nts|579}} | 2015 | |
| Springbok Solar Farm
| {{coord|35.25|N|117.96|W|name=Springbok Solar Farm}} | align="center" | {{nts|260}} | 2016 | |
| Topaz Solar Farm
| {{coord|35|23|N|120|4|W|name=Topaz Solar Farm}} | align="center" | {{nts|550}} | 2014 | |
| Tranquility Solar Project
| {{coord|36|37|2|N|120|23|16|W|name=RE Tranquillity}} | align="center" | {{nts|200}} | | 2016 |
| Valentine Solar Project
| {{coord|35|29|30|N|118|51|37|W|name=Valentine Solar}} | align="center" | {{nts|111.2}} | | 2019 |
| Willow Springs Solar Project
| {{coord|34|49|35|N|118|20|07|W|name=Willow Springs Solar Project}} | align="center" | {{nts|100}} | | 2019 |
| Wright Solar Project
| {{coord|37|00|45|N|120|57|47|W|name=Wright Solar Project}} | align="center"| {{nts|200}} | | 2020 |
=Thermal=
File:Solar Plant kl.jpg, the first solar thermal power station in California]]
{{See also|List of solar thermal power stations}}
This is a list of all operational solar thermal power stations in California.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Station ! Location ! Coordinates ! data-sort-type="number"|Capacity ! Owner ! Type ! {{abbr|Year|Year commissioned}} ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref|References}} |
| Genesis Solar Energy Project
| {{coord|33|39|54|N|114|59|41|W|name=Genesis Solar Energy Project}} | 250 | 2014 | |
| Ivanpah Solar Power Facility
| {{coord|35.57|N|115.47|W|name=Ivanpah Solar Power Facility}} | 392 | BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy, Google | 2014 | |
| Mojave Solar Project
| {{coord|35|00|40|N|117|19|30|W|name=Mojave Solar Project}} | 280 | 2014 | |
| Solar Energy Generating Systems
| {{coord|35|01|54|N|117|20|53|W|name=Solar Energy Generating Systems}} | 354 {{NoteTag|Includes 44 MW of PV}} | 1984 | |
{{NoteFoot}}
Wind
Image:San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm IMG 0504.JPG]]{{See also|Wind power in California}}
This is a list of all operational wind farms in California.
{{NoteFoot}}
Under construction
This is a list of power stations under construction in California.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name ! Location ! Coordinates ! data-sort-type="number"|AC Capacity ! Type ! Completion ! Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref|References}} |
| Big Beau Solar and Storage Project
| {{coord|34|54|24|N|118|21|11|W|name=Big Beau Solar}} | 128 | 2021 | Includes a 40 MW, 160 MWh of battery storage system. | {{Cite web|url=https://www.edf-re.com/project/big-beau-solar/ |title=Big Beau Solar|website=EDF Renewables|language=en-US|access-date=February 21, 2020}}{{Cite web|url= https://psbweb.co.kern.ca.us/UtilityPages/Planning/EIRS/Big_Beau_Solar_Project/DEIR/BigBeau_Solar_Project_DEIR_Vol1_Chapters1-10.pdf |title=Draft Environmental Impact Report: BigBeau Solar Project|website=kern.ca.us|series=SCH# 2019071059|access-date=February 20, 2020|volume=1}} |
| Desert Harvest Solar Project
| {{coord|33|44|22|N|115|24|02|W|name=Desert Harvest Solar}} | 150 | 2020 | |
| Westlands Solar Park
| {{coord|36|10|N|119|56|W|name=Westlands Solar Park (Under construction)}} | 2,000 | 2025 | Demonstration project completed in June 2016. To be gradually expanded out to 2,000 MW by 2025. |
| Edwards Sanborn
| | 346 | 2022 | Includes 735 MWh of battery storage system. |
Former facilities
| 6.5
| Nuclear
| {{sort|1957-07-12|July 12, 1957}}
| {{sort|1964-02-15|February 15, 1964}}
| {{cite news|title=50 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S WORST NUCLEAR MELTDOWN Human error helped worsen a nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, and now human inertia has stymied the radioactive cleanup for half a century.|url=https://psmag.com/environment/50-years-after-nuclear-meltdown-3510|author-last1=Trossman Bien|author-first1=Joan|author-last2=Collins|author-first2=Michael|work=Non-profit Publication|date=November 14, 2018|access-date=December 18, 2023}}{{cite web | last = DuTemple | first = Octave | title = American Nuclear Society Sodium Reactor Experiment Nuclear Historic Landmark awarded, February 21, 1986 | url = http://www.etec.energy.gov/History/Major-Operations/SREDocs/ANS_SRE_NHL_Letter_color.pdf | access-date = 18 December 2023 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721042018/http://www.etec.energy.gov/History/Major-Operations/SREDocs/ANS_SRE_NHL_Letter_color.pdf | archive-date = 21 July 2011 }}
|-
| {{coord|34|46|0.0|N|118|8|0.0|W|name=Sierra SunTower}}
| 5
| Solar thermal (SPT)
| {{sort|2010-01|January 2010}}
| {{sort|2014-12|December 2014}}
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/concentrated-solar-contender-esolar-goes-awol|title=Concentrated Solar Power Contender ESolar Goes AWOL|last=Deign|first=Jason|date=October 12, 2017|website=www.greentechmedia.com|access-date=February 14, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/57323/?freq=A&pin=|title=Electricity Data Browser|website=www.eia.gov|access-date=February 14, 2020}}
|-
| {{sort|Solar Project|The Solar Project}}
| Daggett
| {{coord|34|52|19|N|116|50|03|W|name=The Solar Project}}
| 10
| Solar thermal (SPT)
| {{sort|1982|1982, 1995}}
| {{sort|1999|1986, 1999}}
|
|-
| South Bay Power Plant
| {{coord|32|36|50|N|117|05|47|W|name=South Bay Power Plant}}
| 700
| 1960
| 2010
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.thelog.com/local/demolition-of-south-bay-power-plant-moves-forward/|title=Demolition of South Bay Power Plant Moves Forward |website=The Log|last=Hill|first=Taylor|language=en-US|access-date=February 14, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Chula Vista says goodbye to a '50s-era power plant |author=Tony Perry |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2013-feb-02-la-me-0203-power-plant-20130203-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 2, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2013}}
|-
| Stockton Cogeneration Facility
| Stockton
| {{coord|37|54|45|N|121|15|43|W|name=Stockton Cogeneration Facility}}
| 60
| Coal
| 1988
| 2012
|-
| Tracy Biomass
| Tracy
| {{coord|37.72|N|121.49|W|format=dms|name=Tracy Biomass Power}}
| 23
| Biomass
| 1990
| 2015
| {{Cite web|url=https://www.ttownmedia.com/tracy_press/news/power-plant-looking-for-spark-to-reopen/article_193f1492-2561-11e7-b6f5-eb4ba2615c93.html|title=Power plant looking for spark to reopen|last=Langley|first=Michael Ellis|website=Tank Town Media|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2020}}
|-
| Vernon Light and Power
| Vernon
|
| 38
| 1933
|
| {{cite web |title=SCPPA City of Vernon |url=http://www.scppa.org/page/member-vernon}}{{cite web |title=Vernon Light and Power – Visiting (528) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1997/10/28/vernon-light-power-visiting-528/}}
|}
See also
{{Portal|Energy|United States|California}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{ cite web | url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2018-total-system-electric-generation | title=2018 Total System Electric Generation | work=California Energy Commission | access-date=2020-08-27 | quote=Source: CEC-1304 Power Plant Owners Reporting Form and SB 1305 Reporting Regulations. In-state generation is reported generation from units one megawatt and larger. Data as of June 24, 2019 ... In 2018, total generation for California was 285,488 gigawatt-hours (GWh), ... in-state generation dropped by 6 percent (11,494 GWh) to 194,842 GWh. ... Net imports increased by 6 percent (4,944 GWh) to 90,648 GWh, }}
}}
Nuclear Energy in California (CA.gov): http://www.energy.ca.gov/nuclear/california.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322122842/https://www.energy.ca.gov/nuclear/california.html |date=March 22, 2019 }} retrieved: 11/10/12
External links
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- [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/california.pdf U.S. Department of Energy California Statistics]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229175513/http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=CA U.S. Department of Energy California Quick Facts]
- [http://www.bherenewables.com/aboutus_geothermal.aspx Calenergy Geothermal Plant Information]
- [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Existing_coal_plants_in_California]
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