SCATTERGOOD

How SCATTERGOOD compares

With 843 MW of capacity, SCATTERGOOD ranks 13th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 9th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.3% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 141st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1958, it is older than 90% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER, runs 25 operating plants in California totaling 5,537 MW. It shares Los Angeles County with 110 other operating plants, including AES ALAMITOS LLC and CASTAIC.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 876 MW of nameplate capacity, led by natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,055 GWh in 2024 (a 14% capacity factor), down 44% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1958 and 2015.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STATION L (SCATTERGOOD) (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 58 operating power plants totaling 7,760 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 Equinix LA3/LA4 - Los Angeles, El Segundo in El Segundo, about 2.5 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