COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT NO 2

How COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT NO 2 compares

With 50 MW of capacity, COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT NO 2 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 1996, it is older than 59% 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 San Joaquin County with 13 other operating plants, including TRACY COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT and RIPON GENERATION STATION.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 8.3 GWh in 2024 (a 1.9% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LODI STIG (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 39 operating power plants totaling 2,976 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MARSH LANDING GENERATING STATION (828 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 37.6 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