OXNARD

How OXNARD compares

With 71 MW of capacity, OXNARD ranks 203rd among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 74th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.2% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 747th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1982, it is older than 81% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Ventura County with 8 other operating plants, including ORMOND BEACH and MCGRATH PEAKER.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 69 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 495 GWh in 2024 (an 82% capacity factor), down 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1982 and 1989.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is OXGEN, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by AZUSA LIGHT & POWER, about 2.9 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,786 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ORMOND BEACH (1,612 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Fireline Data Center in Los Angeles, about 47.1 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