MOUNTAINVIEW GENERATING STATION

How MOUNTAINVIEW GENERATING STATION compares

With 1,018 MW of capacity, MOUNTAINVIEW GENERATING STATION ranks 10th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 6th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.8% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 86th-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, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO, runs 22 operating plants in California totaling 2,341 MW. It shares San Bernardino County with 64 other operating plants, including HIGH DESERT POWER PLANT and STATELINE SOLAR.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,037 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,493 GWh in 2024 (a 27% capacity factor), down 34% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2005 and 2006.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOUNTAIN VIEW (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by AZUSA LIGHT & POWER, about 0.1 miles away. Another 19 operating power plants totaling 525 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RIVERSIDE ENERGY RESOURCE CENTER (196 MW). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, OCDC Orange County Datacenter Santa Ana in Santa Ana, about 42.6 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