GREENLEAF 2 POWER PLANT

How GREENLEAF 2 POWER PLANT compares

With 50 MW of capacity, GREENLEAF 2 POWER PLANT ranks 249th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 93rd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.1% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 807th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is older than 64% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CALPINE CORP-YUBA CITY, runs 4 operating plants in California totaling 210 MW. It shares Sutter County with 5 other operating plants, including SUTTER ENERGY CENTER and GREENLEAF 1 POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 30.5 GWh in 2024 (a 7% capacity factor), down 53% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is YUBA CITY STA A (69 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 2.6 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 933 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SUTTER ENERGY CENTER (636 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA2 - NTT in Sacramento, about 34.5 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