REDDING POWER

How REDDING POWER compares

With 186 MW of capacity, REDDING POWER ranks 80th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 45th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 552nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is older than 64% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF REDDING - (CA), runs 2 operating plants in California totaling 190 MW. It shares Shasta County with 32 other operating plants, including SHASTA and SPRING CREEK.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 183 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 272 GWh in 2024 (a 17% capacity factor), down 36% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1989 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is REDDING POWER (69 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by REU, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,261 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SHASTA (714 MW, Hydro).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology