BARRE PEAKER

How BARRE PEAKER compares

With 50 MW of capacity, BARRE PEAKER ranks 249th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 93rd 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 807th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2007, it is newer than 51% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO, runs 22 operating plants in California totaling 2,341 MW. It shares Orange County with 7 other operating plants, including AES HUNTINGTON BEACH LLC and CANYON POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 12.7 GWh in 2024 (a 2.9% capacity factor), down 45% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BARRE (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by AZUSA LIGHT & POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 56 operating power plants totaling 6,936 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is AES ALAMITOS LLC (1,997 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 16 mapped data centers; the nearest is OCDC Orange County Datacenter Santa Ana in Santa Ana, about 9.3 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