MCCLURE

How MCCLURE compares

With 142 MW of capacity, MCCLURE ranks 117th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 2nd of the 7 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 30% of California's operating Oil capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 28th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1980, it is older than 83% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 462 MW. It shares Stanislaus County with 8 other operating plants, including WALNUT ENERGY CENTER and ALMOND POWER PLANT.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 142 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 2.7 GWh in 2024 (a 0.2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1980 and 1981.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MCCLURE, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.5 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 1,012 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WALNUT ENERGY CENTER (301 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 3.7 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