DYNEGY MOSS LANDING POWER PLANT

How DYNEGY MOSS LANDING POWER PLANT compares

With 2,802 MW of capacity, DYNEGY MOSS LANDING POWER PLANT is the largest of the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and the largest of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.6% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 6th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is older than 54% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Monterey County with 10 other operating plants, including KING CITY POWER PLANT and KING CITY PEAKING.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 2,148 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 2,802 MW). Net generation was 3,931 GWh in 2024 (a 21% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2002 and 2023.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOSS LANDING (500 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, about 0.2 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 282 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is GILROY PEAKING ENERGY CENTER (135 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 22 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix SV1/SV5/SV10 - Silicon Valley, San Jose in San Jose, about 30.2 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