HARBOR

How HARBOR compares

With 468 MW of capacity, HARBOR ranks 35th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 27th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 346th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1995, it is older than 59% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER, runs 25 operating plants in California totaling 5,537 MW. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 548 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 468 MW). Net generation was 251 GWh in 2024 (a 5.2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1995 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WILMINGTON (STATION C) (138 kV), about 0.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER, about 0.5 miles away. Another 52 operating power plants totaling 7,891 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 11.6 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