DONALD VON RAESFELD POWER PLANT

How DONALD VON RAESFELD POWER PLANT compares

With 154 MW of capacity, DONALD VON RAESFELD POWER PLANT ranks 101st among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 50th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.4% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 602nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2005, it is newer than 48% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF SANTA CLARA - (CA), runs 4 operating plants in California totaling 248 MW. It shares Santa Clara County with 11 other operating plants, including METCALF ENERGY CENTER and LOS ESTEROS CRITICAL ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 154 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 878 GWh in 2024 (a 65% capacity factor), up 25% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DUANE (60 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 1,758 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RUSSELL CITY ENERGY CENTER (655 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 31 mapped data centers; the nearest is Evocative SJC3 in Santa Clara, about 0.2 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