GILROY POWER PLANT

How GILROY POWER PLANT compares

With 130 MW of capacity, GILROY POWER PLANT ranks 128th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 56th 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 628th-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. Its operator, CALPINE GILROY COGEN LP, runs 2 operating plants in California totaling 265 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 130 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 44.2 GWh in 2024 (a 3.9% capacity factor), down 44% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GILROY FOOD, 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 9 operating power plants totaling 3,600 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is DYNEGY MOSS LANDING POWER PLANT (2,802 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 21.5 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