DYNEGY OAKLAND POWER PLANT

How DYNEGY OAKLAND POWER PLANT compares

With 224 MW of capacity, DYNEGY OAKLAND POWER PLANT ranks 66th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and is the largest of the 7 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 48% of California's operating Oil capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 23rd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1978, it is older than 84% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Alameda County with 9 other operating plants, including RUSSELL CITY ENERGY CENTER and MARIPOSA ENERGY PROJECT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 149 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 224 MW). Net generation was 5.3 GWh in 2024 (a 0.4% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DYNEGY OAKLAND POWER PLANT (115 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 22 operating power plants totaling 1,470 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 Digital Realty OAK (720 2nd St) in Oakland, 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