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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — power plant portfolio

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. operates 81 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 7,669 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 2,627,853 t CO₂/yr.

81power plants
7,669MW total capacity
1countries
2,627,853t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 63 plants63HydroSolar: 10 plants10SolarGas: 5 plants5GasStorage: 2 plants2StorageNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

Fleet interpretation

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (81).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (63), solar (10), gas (5), storage (2). The largest listed asset is Diablo Canyon in United States of America (2,394 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 96 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 3 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 2 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 81 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Diablo CanyonNuclearUnited States of America2,394
Helms Pumped StorageHydroUnited States of America1,053
Colusa Generating StationGasUnited States of America7121,165,329
Gateway Generating StationGasUnited States of America6201,219,864
James B BlackHydroUnited States of America169
Humboldt BayGasUnited States of America167242,660
PoeHydroUnited States of America143
Pit 5HydroUnited States of America142
Kerckhoff 2HydroUnited States of America140
HaasHydroUnited States of America135
Rock CreekHydroUnited States of America126
BeldenHydroUnited States of America118
Caribou 2HydroUnited States of America118
Pit 7HydroUnited States of America110
Pit 4HydroUnited States of America103
ElectraHydroUnited States of America102
Balch 2HydroUnited States of America97
StanislausHydroUnited States of America82
Pit 3HydroUnited States of America80
Pit 6HydroUnited States of America79
Caribou 1HydroUnited States of America74
CrestaHydroUnited States of America74
Pit 1HydroUnited States of America69
Bucks CreekHydroUnited States of America66
Drum 2HydroUnited States of America53
Tiger CreekHydroUnited States of America52
Drum 1HydroUnited States of America49
Kings River PHHydroUnited States of America49
Salt SpringsHydroUnited States of America42
Butt ValleyHydroUnited States of America40
Balch 1HydroUnited States of America31
KerckhoffHydroUnited States of America23
Dutch FlatHydroUnited States of America22
Cantua Solar StationSolarUnited States of America20
Gates Solar StationSolarUnited States of America20
Guernsey Solar StationSolarUnited States of America20
Huron Solar StationSolarUnited States of America20
Stroud Solar StationSolarUnited States of America20
De SablaHydroUnited States of America18
WiseHydroUnited States of America16
Five Points Solar StationSolarUnited States of America15
Westside Solar StationSolarUnited States of America15
HalseyHydroUnited States of America14
West Point PHHydroUnited States of America14
A G WishonHydroUnited States of America13
NewcastleHydroUnited States of America13
Coleman PHHydroUnited States of America12
Narrows PHHydroUnited States of America10
GiffenSolarUnited States of America10
Hat Creek 1HydroUnited States of America10
Hat Creek 2HydroUnited States of America10
West Gates Solar StationSolarUnited States of America10
Kern CanyonHydroUnited States of America10
Potter ValleyHydroUnited States of America9
Volta 1HydroUnited States of America8
Tule RiverHydroUnited States of America8
InskipHydroUnited States of America8
Chili BarHydroUnited States of America7
Spaulding 1HydroUnited States of America7
SouthHydroUnited States of America7
Spaulding 3HydroUnited States of America7
Centerville PHHydroUnited States of America6
Spring GapHydroUnited States of America6
Deer Creek PHHydroUnited States of America6
Hamilton BranchHydroUnited States of America5
San Joaquin 3HydroUnited States of America4
Yerba BuenaStorageUnited States of America4
Spaulding 2HydroUnited States of America4
San Joaquin 2HydroUnited States of America3
Lime SaddleHydroUnited States of America2
Vaca Dixon Battery Storage SystemStorageUnited States of America2
Vaca Dixon Solar StationSolarUnited States of America2
ToadtownHydroUnited States of America2
PhoenixHydroUnited States of America2
SF State UniversityGasUnited States of America2
KilarcHydroUnited States of America2
CSU East BayGasUnited States of America1
Cow CreekHydroUnited States of America1
Oak FlatHydroUnited States of America1
Alta PowerhouseHydroUnited States of America1
Volta 2HydroUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Pacific Gas & Electric Co. operate?

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. operates 81 power plants across 1 country, with about 7,669 MW of total capacity.

What is Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s largest power plant?

Diablo Canyon in United States of America is its largest at about 2,394 MW.

What types of power plants does Pacific Gas & Electric Co. run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (63), solar (10), gas (5).

How much CO₂ do Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 2,627,853 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology