MAGNOLIA POWER PROJECT

How MAGNOLIA POWER PROJECT compares

With 388 MW of capacity, MAGNOLIA POWER PROJECT ranks 41st among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 30th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.1% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 383rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2005, it is newer than 48% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF BURBANK WATER AND POWER, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 548 MW. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 388 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,553 GWh in 2024 (a 46% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MCNEIL, about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 1.6 miles away. Another 50 operating power plants totaling 3,618 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SCATTERGOOD (843 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 16 mapped data centers; the nearest is Fireline Data Center in Los Angeles, about 8.4 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