Oxnard

Gas power plant in California, United States of America. Approximate location 34.196, -119.1667.

GasCaliforniaUnited States of AmericaCO₂ reported

Oxnard is a 69 MW gas power plant in California, United States of America. It is operated by Procter&Gamble Paper Products Co-Oxnard. Based on reported annual generation of 536 GWh, it can supply roughly 153,200 homes. It ranks #2413 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1987, it is around 39 years old — long-established. Its measured emissions of 3,043 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 709 cars driven for a year. 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).

69MW installed capacity
536GWh reported / yr
153,200homes powered
3,043t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1987commissioned (~39 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050464.

3,043 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

709passenger cars driven for a year
397homes' yearly energy use
50,717tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 555 GWh20132014: 536 GWh20142015: 548 GWh20152016: 502 GWh20162017: 504 GWh20172018: 558 GWh20182019: 536 GWh2019558 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Procter&Gamble Paper Products Co-Oxnard.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.0°Cannual mean temp
860heating degree-days (base 18°C)
146cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
86 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 18 °CON: 15 °CND: 13 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 65% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 25/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~1% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #984 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 34.196, -119.1667 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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