LONG BEACH GENERATION LLC

How LONG BEACH GENERATION LLC compares

With 335 MW of capacity, LONG BEACH GENERATION LLC ranks 45th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 33rd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.9% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 429th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1976, it is older than 84% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG EL SEGUNDO OPERATIONS INC, runs 2 operating plants in California totaling 872 MW. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 252 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 335 MW). Net generation was 10.3 GWh in 2024 (a 0.5% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LONG BEACH (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 50 operating power plants totaling 7,883 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 14.2 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