HARBOR COGEN

How HARBOR COGEN compares

With 107 MW of capacity, HARBOR COGEN ranks 155th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 62nd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 663rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1988, it is older than 68% 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 3 generators at the site with 107 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 17.4 GWh in 2024 (a 1.8% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1988 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CARBOGEN, about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 53 operating power plants totaling 8,266 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 13.3 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