RICHMOND COGEN

How RICHMOND COGEN compares

With 104 MW of capacity, RICHMOND COGEN ranks 158th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 63rd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 666th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1992, it is older than 61% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Contra Costa County with 18 other operating plants, including DELTA ENERGY CENTER and MARSH LANDING GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 174 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 104 MW). Net generation was 953 GWh in 2024 (a 63% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1992 and 2019.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STANDARD OIL 3 (115 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, about 0.1 miles away. Another 17 operating power plants totaling 929 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CROCKETT COGEN PROJECT (247 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 27 mapped data centers; the nearest is Level(3) Oakland in Emeryville, about 9.3 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