CES Placerita Power Plant — United States of America

CES Placerita Power Plant is a 90 MW gas power plant in California, United States of America. It ranks #2927 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1988, it is around 38 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0010677.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 90 MW, CES Placerita Power Plant is below the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1180 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Berry Placerita Cogen · Gas · 42.8 MW · California
• Sunshine Gas Producers · Waste · 23 MW · California
• Castaic Lake Phase II · Solar · 3.5 MW · California
• Foothill · Hydro · 10.1 MW · California
• San Fernando · Hydro · 5.6 MW · California
• Olive View Medical Center · Gas · 5.6 MW · California

Location

Coordinates 34.3801, -118.4999 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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