EL SEGUNDO COGEN

How EL SEGUNDO COGEN compares

With 126 MW of capacity, EL SEGUNDO COGEN 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 1987, it is older than 69% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 180 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 126 MW). Net generation was 1,273 GWh in 2024 (an 80% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1987 and 2013.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHEVMAIN (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, about 0.2 miles away. Another 58 operating power plants totaling 8,477 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is AES ALAMITOS LLC (1,997 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 16 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix LA3/LA4 - Los Angeles, El Segundo in El Segundo, about 1.5 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