ALAMEDA

How ALAMEDA compares

With 55 MW of capacity, ALAMEDA ranks 233rd among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 87th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.1% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 794th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 72% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGNY, runs 7 operating plants in California totaling 605 MW. It shares Alameda County with 9 other operating plants, including RUSSELL CITY ENERGY CENTER and DYNEGY OAKLAND POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 55 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 3.1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.7% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NCPA ALAMEDA (115 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by AMP, under 0.1 miles away. Another 22 operating power plants totaling 1,639 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RUSSELL CITY ENERGY CENTER (655 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 31 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty OAK (720 2nd St) in Oakland, about 0.8 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