CARSON COGENERATION

How CARSON COGENERATION compares

With 56 MW of capacity, CARSON COGENERATION ranks 229th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 86th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.2% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 790th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is older than 64% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 56 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 18.9 GWh in 2024 (a 3.9% capacity factor), down 31% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1989 and 1990.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ICEGEN, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.3 miles away. Another 63 operating power plants totaling 8,956 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 Equinix LA3/LA4 - Los Angeles, El Segundo in El Segundo, about 8.3 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