PUENTE HILLS ENERGY RECOVERY

How PUENTE HILLS ENERGY RECOVERY compares

With 53 MW of capacity, PUENTE HILLS ENERGY RECOVERY ranks 241st among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 4th of the 47 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.6% of California's operating Biomass capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 72nd-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 72% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 102 MW. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all landfill gas technology. Net generation was 161 GWh in 2024 (a 37% capacity factor), down 6% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HILGEN, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.3 miles away. Another 67 operating power plants totaling 8,826 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 CoreSite - Los Angeles (LA2) in Los Angeles, about 12.3 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