ALMOND POWER PLANT

How ALMOND POWER PLANT compares

With 224 MW of capacity, ALMOND POWER PLANT ranks 66th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 40th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.6% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 529th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1996, it is older than 59% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 7 operating plants in California totaling 792 MW. It shares Stanislaus County with 8 other operating plants, including WALNUT ENERGY CENTER and WOODLAND.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 224 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 173 GWh in 2024 (an 8.8% capacity factor), down 40% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1996 and 2012.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GILSTRAP, about 0.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 904 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WALNUT ENERGY CENTER (301 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 4.5 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