SUTTER ENERGY CENTER

How SUTTER ENERGY CENTER compares

With 636 MW of capacity, SUTTER ENERGY CENTER ranks 23rd among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 17th of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.7% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 238th-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 Sutter County with 5 other operating plants, including GREENLEAF 1 POWER PLANT and GREENLEAF 2 POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 636 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,599 GWh in 2024 (a 29% capacity factor), down 39% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SUTTER (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, about 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 481 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROSEVILLE ENERGY PARK (164 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is RagingWire CA2 - NTT in Sacramento, about 29.9 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