CARSON ICE-GEN PROJECT

How CARSON ICE-GEN PROJECT compares

With 126 MW of capacity, CARSON ICE-GEN PROJECT ranks 130th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 57th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 634th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1995, it is older than 59% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTIL DIST, runs 14 operating plants in California totaling 2,070 MW. It shares Sacramento County with 38 other operating plants, including COSUMNES and FOLSOM.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 126 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 103 GWh in 2024 (a 9.4% capacity factor), down 52% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CARSON ICE COGEN, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, about 0.2 miles away. Another 46 operating power plants totaling 1,551 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COSUMNES (530 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA1 - NTT in Sacramento, about 14.2 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