SUNRISE POWER LLC

How SUNRISE POWER LLC compares

With 605 MW of capacity, SUNRISE POWER LLC ranks 28th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 21st of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.6% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 254th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is older than 55% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Kern County with 118 other operating plants, including LA PALOMA GENERATING LLC and PASTORIA ENERGY FACILITY LLC.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 685 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 605 MW). Net generation was 2,609 GWh in 2024 (a 43% capacity factor), down 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2003.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SUNRISE POWER, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 2,787 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LA PALOMA GENERATING LLC (1,200 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