List of power stations in California
This is a list of power stations in 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.
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County is largest power station in California with a nameplate capacity of 2,256 MW and an annual generation of 18,214 GWh in 2018. The largest under construction is the Westlands Solar Park in Kings County, which will generate 2,000 MW when completed in 2025.
Battery storage
This is a list of operational battery storage power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Power capacity | Energy capacity | Owner | ||
| Pomona Energy Storage Facility | Pomona | 20 | 80 | AltaGas | 2017 | ||
| Beacon BESS 1 | Kern County | 20 | 10 | LADWP | 2018 | ||
| El Centro BESS | El Centro | 30 | 20 | IID | 2016 | ||
| Escondido Energy Storage | Escondido | 30 | 120 | SDG&E, AES | 2017 | ||
| Mira Loma Energy Storage Facility | Ontario | 20 | 80 | SCE, Tesla Energy | 2017 | ||
| Vista Energy Storage System | Vista | 40 | ? | LS Power Group | 2018 |
Biomass
This is a list of operational biomass and biogas power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 10 megawatts.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Type | ||
| Buena Vista Biomass Power | Buena Vista | 18.5 | Maas Companies | Biomass | 1990s | ||
| Burney Forest Power | Johnson Park | 11 | NAES | Biomass | |||
| Covanta Stanislaus Energy | Stanislaus County | 22.5 | Covanta Energy | Biomass | 1989 | ||
| Desert View Power | Mecca | 55.5 | Greenleaf Power | Biomass | 1992 | ||
| Dinuba Energy | Reedly | 12 | CRES | Biomass | 1985 | ||
| Fairhaven Power | Fairhaven | 18.8 | DG Fairhaven Power | Biomass | 1987 | ||
| Honey Lake | Lassen County | 32 | Greenleaf Power | Biomass | 1989 | ||
| Hyperion DGUP | Los Angeles | 33 | LASAN | Biogas | 2016 | ||
| Loyalton Biomass Plant | Loyalton | 20 | American Renewable Power | Biomass | 1987 | ||
| Mount Poso Cogeneration | Kern County | 45 | DTE Power | Biomass | 1980 | ||
| Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station | Tuolumne County | 22 | IHI Power, Jamestown Energy | Biomass | 1986 | ||
| Port of Stockton | Stockton | 50 | DTE Power | Biomass | 1988 | ||
| Puente Hills Energy Recovery | Los Angeles County | 50 | LACSD | Biogas | 1980s | ||
| Rio Bravo Fresno | Fresno | 28.7 | IHI Power | Biomass | 1988 | ||
| Rio Bravo Rocklin | Whitney | 27.3 | Constellation Energy, NAPG | Biomass | 1989 | ||
| Southeast Resource Recovery | Long Beach | 35.6 | LACSD, Covanta Energy | Incinerator | 1988 | ||
| Sunshine Gas Producers | Los Angeles County | 23.5 | DTE Power | Biogas | 2014 | ||
| Total Energy Facilities | San Pedro | 38.4 | LACSD | Biogas | 1980s | ||
| Wheelabrator Shasta | Anderson | 55 | Wheelabrator Technologies | Biomass | 1987 | ||
| Woodland | Woodland | 25 | DTE Power | Biomass |
Coal
The Argus Cogeneration Plant in San Bernardino County is the only coal-fired power station still operating in California.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Type | ||
| Argus Cogeneration Plant | Trona | 63 | Searles Valley Minerals | Coal | 1978 |
Geothermal
This is a list of all operational geothermal power stations in California.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Type | ||
| Coso | Inyo County | 272.2 | Coso Operating Company | Flash steam | 1987 | ||
| Sonoma, Lake County | 1,590 | Calpine, NCPA, SVP, USRG | Dry steam | 1960 | |||
| Heber | Imperial County | 161.5 | Ormat | Binary cycle | 1985 | ||
| Imperial Valley | Imperial County | 432.3 | CalEnergy, EnergySource | Dry steam | 1982 | ||
| Mammoth | Mono County | 40 | Ormat | Binary cycle | 1984 | ||
| North Brawley | Imperial County | 64 | Ormat | Binary cycle | 2010 | ||
| Ormesa | Imperial County | 101.6 | Ormat | Binary cycle | 1987 |
Hydroelectric
Conventional
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.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | ||
| Balch Powerhouse | Fresno County | 128.2 | PG&E | 1927 | ||
| Belden Powerhouse | Plumas County | 118 | PG&E | 1969 | ||
| Big Creek No. 1 | Fresno County | 88.4 | SCE | 1913 | ||
| Big Creek No. 2 | Fresno County | 66.6 | SCE | 1913 | ||
| Big Creek No. 2A | Fresno County | 110 | SCE | 1928 | ||
| Big Creek No. 3 | Fresno County | 174.5 | SCE | 1923 | ||
| Big Creek No. 4 | Fresno County | 100 | SCE | 1951 | ||
| Big Creek No. 8 | Fresno County | 75 | SCE | 1921 | ||
| Bucks Creek Powerhouse | Plumas County | 66 | PG&E | 1928 | ||
| Camino Powerhouse | El Dorado County | 157.8 | SMUD | |||
| Caribou No. 1 | Plumas County | 73.8 | PG&E | 1921 | ||
| Caribou No. 2 | Plumas County | 118 | PG&E | 1958 | ||
| Cresta Powerhouse | Plumas County | 73.8 | ||||
| Devil Canyon | San Bernardino | 276.2 | CDWR | |||
| Dion R Holm Powerhouse | Tuolumne County | 156.8 | ||||
| Donnells Powerhouse | Tuolumne County | 72 | ||||
| Drum No. 2 Powerhouse | Placer County | 53 | ||||
| Electra Powerhouse | Amador County | 102.5 | PG&E | 1900 | ||
| Folsom Dam | Folsom | 198.6 | USBR | 1956 | ||
| Haas Powerhouse | Fresno County | 135 | ||||
| James B Black Powerhouse | Shasta County | 168.6 | ||||
| Jaybird Powerhouse | El Dorado County | 161.6 | SMUD | 1961 | ||
| Judge Francis Carr Powerhouse | Shasta County | 154.4 | USBR | 1963 | ||
| Kerckhoff Powerhouse No. 2 | Fresno County | 139.5 | ||||
| Keswick Dam | Keswick | 117 | USBR | 1950 | ||
| Loon Lake Powerhouse | El Dorado County | 74 | SMUD | 1971 | ||
| Mammoth Pool Powerhouse | Madera County | 190 | SCE | 1959 | ||
| Middle Fork Powerhouse | Placer County | 122.4 | ||||
| Moccasin Powerhouse | Moccasin | 100 | SFPUC | 1930 | ||
| New Bullards Bar Dam | Yuba County | 315 | YCWA | 1969 | ||
| New Don Pedro Dam | La Grange | 170.8 | MID, TID | 1971 | ||
| New Exchequer Dam | Merced Falls | 94.5 | MeID | 1967 | ||
| New Melones Dam | Calaveras County | 300 | USBR | 1979 | ||
| Oroville Dam | Oroville | 644 | CDWR | 1968 | ||
| Parker Dam | Parker Dam | 120 | USBR | 1938 | ||
| Pine Flat Dam | Piedra | 165 | USACE | 1954 | ||
| Pit No. 1 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 69.2 | ||||
| Pit No. 3 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 80 | ||||
| Pit No. 4 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 103.4 | ||||
| Pit No. 5 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 141.6 | ||||
| Pit No. 6 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 79.2 | ||||
| Pit No. 7 Powerhouse | Shasta County | 109.8 | ||||
| Poe Powerhouse | Plumas County | 142.8 | ||||
| R.C. Kirkwood Powerhouse | Tuolumne County | 155.5 | ||||
| Ralston Powerhouse | Placer County | 79.2 | ||||
| Rock Creek Powerhouse | Plumas County | 126 | ||||
| San Francisquito No. 1 | Los Angeles County | 65.5 | LADWP | 1917 | ||
| Shasta Dam | Shasta Lake | 714 | USBR | 1945 | ||
| Spring Creek Power Plant | Keswick | 180 | USBR | 1964 | ||
| Tiger Creek Powerhouse | Amador County | 52.2 | PG&E | 1931 | ||
| Trinity Dam | Trinity County | 140 | USBR | 1962 | ||
| White Rock Powerhouse | El Dorado County | 266.5 | SMUD | |||
| William E. Warne | Los Angeles County | 74 | CDWR |
Pumped-storage
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.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | ||
| Castaic | Los Angeles County | 1,500 | CDWR, LADWP | 1973 | ||
| Helms | Fresno County | 1,212 | PG&E | 1984 | ||
| J.S. Eastwood | Fresno County | 200 | SCE | 1987 | ||
| Lake Hodges | San Diego County | 42 | SDCWA | 2012 | ||
| O'Neill | Merced County | 25 | USBR | 1967 | ||
| Thermalito | Thermalito | 120 | CDWR | 1968 | ||
| William R. Gianelli | Merced County | 424 | CDWR, USBR | 1968 |
Natural gas
This is a list of operational natural gas-fired power stations in California with a nameplate capacity of at least 100 megawatts.| Name | Location | Coords. | Capacity | Owner | ||
| AES Redondo Beach | Redondo | 1,310 | AES Corporation | 1954 | ||
| Alamitos Energy Center | Long Beach | 1,760 | AES Corporation | 1950s | ||
| Almond Power Plant | Ceres | 233.5 | TID | 1995 | ||
| Blythe Energy Center | Blythe | 591 | AltaGas | |||
| Canyon Power Project | Anaheim | 200 | SCPPA | 2011 | ||
| Carlsbad Energy Center | Carlsbad | 530 | NRG Energy | 2019 | ||
| Carson Ice-Gen Project | Sacramento County | 125.5 | Carson Energy | 1995 | ||
| Colusa Generating Station | Maxwell | 712.4 | PG&E | 2010 | ||
| Cosumnes Power Plant | Herald | 556 | SMUD | 2006 | ||
| Crockett Cogeneration Project | Crockett | 247.4 | C&H Sugar | 1996 | ||
| Delta Energy Center | Pittsburg | 857 | Calpine | 2002 | ||
| Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant | Santa Clara | 154 | SVP | 2005 | ||
| El Centro Generating Station | El Centro | 388.3 | IID | 1957 | ||
| El Segundo Cogen | El Segundo | 180 | Chevron | 1987 | ||
| El Segundo Energy Center | El Segundo | 537.4 | NRG Energy, Clearway Energy | 1964 | ||
| Elk Hills Power | Kern County | 623 | Sempra, Occidental Petroleum | 2003 | ||
| Foster Wheeler Martinez Power Plant | Martinez | 113.5 | ||||
| Gateway Generating Station | Antioch | 619.7 | PG&E | 2009 | ||
| Gilroy Cogeneration Plant | Gilroy | 130 | Calpine | 1988 | ||
| Gilroy Energy Center | Gilroy | 141 | Calpine | 2002 | ||
| Glenarm Power Plant | Pasadena | 265.6 | PWP | 1907 | ||
| Grayson Power Plant | Glendale | 301 | GWP | 1941 | ||
| Harbor | Wilmington | 548 | LADWP | 1949 | ||
| Haynes | Long Beach | 575 | LADWP | 1957 | ||
| High Desert Power Project | Adelanto | 852 | NAES | 2003 | ||
| Humboldt Bay Generating Station | Humboldt Bay | 167 | PG&E | 2010 | ||
| Huntington Beach Energy Project | Huntington Beach | 869 | AES Corporation | 1958 | ||
| Indigo Energy Facility | Desert Hot Springs | 149.7 | Wildflower Energy | 2001 | ||
| Kern River Cogeneration | Bakersfield | 300 | Fluor, Texaco | 1987 | ||
| King City Cogeneration Plant | King City | 120 | Calpine | 1989 | ||
| La Paloma | McKittrick | 1,200 | NAES | 2003 | ||
| Lodi Energy Center | Lodi | 339 | NCPA | 2012 | ||
| Los Esteros Critical Energy Center | San Jose | 306 | Calpine | 2003 | ||
| Los Medanos Energy Center | Pittsburg | 678.3 | Calpine | 2001 | ||
| Magnolia Power Project | Burbank | 448 | SCPPA | 1941 | ||
| Malaga Power Plant | Malaga | 121 | KRCD | 2005 | ||
| Malburg Generating Station | Vernon | 141.8 | City of Vernon | 2005 | ||
| Mariposa Energy Project | Alameda | 199.6 | Mariposa Energy | 2011 | ||
| Marsh Landing | Antioch | 828 | NRG Energy | 2013 | ||
| Martinez Refining Co. Power Plant | Martinez | 100 | ||||
| McClure Power Plant | Modesto | 142.4 | ||||
| Metcalf Energy Center | Coyote | 635 | Calpine | 2005 | ||
| Midway Sunset | Kern County | 234 | Sunoco LP, SCE | 1989 | ||
| Miramar Energy Facility | San Diego | 106 | ||||
| Moss Landing Power Plant | Moss Landing | 1,060 | Vistra Energy | 1950 | ||
| Mountainview Generating Station | Redlands | 1,036 | SCE | 1956 | ||
| Niland Peaker | Niland | 121 | IID | 2008 | ||
| Orange Grove Energy Center | Pala | 118 | NAES, J-POWER USA | 2010 | ||
| Ormond Beach | Oxnard | 1,516 | NRG Energy | 1971 | ||
| Otay Mesa Energy Center | Otay Mesa | 688.5 | Calpine | 2009 | ||
| Palomar Energy Center | Escondido | 559 | SDG&E | 2006 | ||
| Panoche Energy Center | Firebaugh | 682.2 | NAES | 2009 | ||
| Pastoria Energy Facility | Kern County | 779 | Calpine | 2005 | ||
| Pio Pico Energy Center | Otay Mesa | 395.4 | NAES, SWG | 2016 | ||
| Redding Power | Redding | 183 | MLP Power | 1995 | ||
| Richmond Cogen | Richmond | 155.6 | Chevron | 1992 | ||
| Ripon Cogen | Ripon | 170.5 | MID | 2006 | ||
| Riverside Energy Resource Center | Riverside | 196 | ||||
| Roseville Energy Park | Roseville | 164 | Roseville Energy | 2007 | ||
| Russell City Energy Center | Hayward | 655 | Calpine, GE Power | 2013 | ||
| SCA Cogen 2 | Sacramento | 193.4 | ||||
| SCA Cogen 3 | Sacramento | 174 | ||||
| Scattergood | Playa del Rey | 876 | LADWP | 1959 | ||
| Sentinel Energy Center | Desert Hot Springs | 800 | Gemma Power | 2013 | ||
| Sunrise Power Plant | Fellows | 605.4 | Chevron, SCE | 2001 | ||
| Sutter Energy Center | Sutter County | 636 | Calpine | 2001 | ||
| Sycamore Cogeneration | Bakersfield | 300 | Chevron | 1987 | ||
| Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant | Tracy | 336 | GWF Energy | 2012 | ||
| Valley | Los Angeles | 690.5 | LADWP | 1957 | ||
| Walnut Energy Center | Turlock | 300.6 | TID | 1987 | ||
| Walnut Creek Energy Park | Industry | 500 | EME | 2013 | ||
| Watson Cogeneration Project | Carson | 405 | BP | 1988 | ||
| Woodland Generation Station | Modesto | 199 | MID | 2003 |
Nuclear
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 will be decommissioned in 2025.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Type | ||
| Diablo Canyon | San Luis Obispo County | 2,256 | PG&E | PWR | 1985 |
Petroleum
This is a list of operational petroleum-fired power stations in California.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Fuel | ||
| Oakland Power Plant | Oakland | 165 | Vistra Energy | Jet fuel | 1980s | ||
| Pebbly Beach Generating Station | Avalon | 12.7 | SCE | Diesel |
Solar
Photovoltaic
List of very large 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 .
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| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | ||
| Antelope Expansion 2 | Los Angeles County | 105 | 2019 | |||
| Antelope Valley Solar Ranch | Los Angeles County | 230 | Exelon | 2014 | ||
| Astoria Solar Project | Kern County | 175 | 2016 | |||
| Beacon Solar Project | Kern County | 250 | LADWP | 2017 | ||
| Blythe Solar Power Project | Riverside County | 235 | NextEra Energy | 2016 | ||
| California Flats Solar Project | Carrizo Plain | 280 | Capital Dynamics | 2019 | ||
| California Valley Solar Ranch | Carrizo Plain | 250 | NRG Energy | 2013 | ||
| Campo Verde Solar Project | Imperial County | 139 | Southern Company, Turner Renewable Energy | 2013 | ||
| Catalina Solar Project | Kern County | enXco | 2012 | |||
| Centinela Solar Energy Project | Imperial County | 170 | 2013 | |||
| Desert Stateline Solar Facility | San Bernardino County | 250 | Southern Company, First Solar | 2016 | ||
| Desert Sunlight Solar Farm | Mojave Desert | 550 | NextEra Energy, GE Power, Sumitomo Group | 2015 | ||
| Garland Solar Facility | Kern County | 200 | 2016 | |||
| Great Valley Solar Farm | Fresno County | 200 | 2018 | |||
| Henrietta Solar Project | Kings County | 105 | 2016 | |||
| Imperial Solar Energy Center South | Imperial County | 130 | Tenaska | 2013 | ||
| Imperial Solar Energy Center West | Imperial County | 150 | Tenaska | 2016 | ||
| McCoy Solar Energy Project | Mojave Desert | 250 | NextEra Energy | 2016 | ||
| Mount Signal Solar | Imperial County | 460 | TerraForm Power, Capital Dynamics | 2014 | ||
| Mustang Solar Project | Kings County | 100 | 2016 | |||
| North Rosamond Solar Project | Los Angeles County | 150 | 2019 | |||
| Panoche Valley Solar Farm | San Benito County | 130 | Panoche Valley Solar | 2018 | ||
| Quinto Solar Project | Merced County | 110 | 2015 | |||
| San Pablo Raceway Solar Project | Los Angeles County | 100 | 2019 | |||
| Solar Gen 2 Facility | Imperial County | 150 | 2014 | |||
| Solar Star | Kern County | 579 | BHE Renewables | 2015 | ||
| Springbok Solar Farm | Kern County | 260 | 8minutenergy | 2016 | ||
| Topaz Solar Farm | Carrizo Plain | 550 | Berkshire Hathaway Energy | 2014 | ||
| Tranquility Solar Project | Fresno County | 200 | 2016 | |||
| Valentine Solar Project | Kern County | 2019 | ||||
| Willow Springs Solar Project | Los Angeles County | 100 | 2019 | |||
| Wright Solar Project | Merced County | 200 | 2020 |
Thermal
This is a list of all operational solar thermal power stations in California.| Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Owner | Type | ||
| Genesis Solar Energy Project | Riverside County | 250 | NextEra Energy | Parabolic trough | 2014 | ||
| Ivanpah Solar Power Facility | San Bernardino County | 392 | BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy, Google | Solar power tower | 2014 | ||
| Mojave Solar Project | San Bernardino County | 280 | Abengoa Solar | Parabolic trough | 2014 | ||
| Solar Energy Generating Systems | San Bernardino County | 354 | NextEra Energy | Parabolic trough | 1984 |
Wind
This is a list of all operational wind farms in California.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | ||
| Alta Wind Energy Center | Kern County | 1,548 | 2011 | ||
| Altamont Pass Wind Farm | Altamont | 266 | 1981 | ||
| Dinosaur Point Wind Farm | Merced County | 17.4 | 1998 | ||
| Hatchet Ridge Wind Project | Shasta County | 101.2 | 2010 | ||
| High Winds Wind Energy Center | Solano County | 162 | 2003 | ||
| Kumeyaay Wind Farm | Campo Kumeyaay Nation | 50 | 2005 | ||
| Manzana Wind Farm | Kern County | 340.7 | 2013 | ||
| Montezuma Wind Energy Center | Solano County | 115 | 2010 | ||
| Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility | Ocotillo | 265.4 | 2012 | ||
| Pine Tree Wind Power Project | Kern County | 135 | 2009 | ||
| San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm | Whitewater | 675.7 | 1982 | ||
| Shiloh Wind Power Plant | Birds Landing | 520.5 | 2006 | ||
| Sky River Wind Farm | Kern County | 239 | 1991 | ||
| Solano Wind Farm | Solano County | 228.2 | 1994 | ||
| Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm | Kern County | 1,244 | 1986 | ||
| Tule Wind Energy Project | San Diego County | 143 | 2017 |
Under construction
This is a list of power stations under construction in California.| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity | Type | Completion | Notes | |
| Big Beau Solar and Storage Project | Kern County | 128 | Solar farm, Battery storage | 2021 | Includes a 40 MW, 160 MWh of battery storage system. | ||
| Desert Harvest Solar Project | Riverside County | 150 | Solar farm | 2020 | |||
| Westlands Solar Park | Kings County | 2,000 | Solar farm | 2025 | Demonstration project completed in June 2016. To be gradually expanded out to 2,000 MW by 2025. |