AES ALAMITOS LLC

How AES ALAMITOS LLC compares

With 1,997 MW of capacity, AES ALAMITOS LLC ranks 3rd among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 2nd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.4% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 14th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1961, it is older than 90% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including CASTAIC and HAYNES.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 1,115 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,997 MW). Net generation was 34 GWh in 2024 (a 0.4% capacity factor), down 95% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1961 and 1964.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ALAMITOS (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 51 operating power plants totaling 6,346 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HAYNES (1,619 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 16 mapped data centers; the nearest is OCDC Orange County Datacenter Santa Ana in Santa Ana, about 14.6 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology