GIANERA

How GIANERA compares

With 65 MW of capacity, GIANERA ranks 210th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 77th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.2% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 758th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 72% 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 2 generators at the site with 65 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 6.2 GWh in 2024 (a 1.1% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1986 and 1987.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NORTH RECEIVING STATION (115 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by SILICON VALLEY POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 1,847 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 QTS Santa Clara (SJC1/SJC2) in Santa Clara, about 0.7 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