SALTON SEA POWER LLC - UNIT 5

How SALTON SEA POWER LLC - UNIT 5 compares

With 50 MW of capacity, SALTON SEA POWER LLC - UNIT 5 ranks 249th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 14th of the 24 operating Geothermal plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.9% of California's operating Geothermal capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 17th-largest of the 34 operating Geothermal plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is older than 57% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CALENERGY OPERATING CORPORATION, runs 8 operating plants in California totaling 324 MW. It shares Imperial County with 33 other operating plants, including IMPERIAL VALLEY SOLAR LLC and EL CENTRO.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 58 MW of nameplate capacity, all geothermal technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 50 MW). Net generation was 290 GWh in 2024 (a 57% capacity factor), up 4% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CE TURBO, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT, about 5.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 1,159 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is EL CENTRO (340 MW, Natural Gas).

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