TRACY COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT

How TRACY COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT compares

With 342 MW of capacity, TRACY COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT ranks 43rd among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 31st of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.9% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 421st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is older than 51% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, GWF ENERGY LLC, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 537 MW. It shares San Joaquin County with 13 other operating plants, including RIPON GENERATION STATION and STOCKTON BIOMASS.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 336 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,000 GWh in 2024 (a 34% capacity factor), about 2.7 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 2003 and 2012.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GWF TRACY (115 kV), under 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 16 operating power plants totaling 574 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MARIPOSA ENERGY PROJECT (200 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 31 mapped data centers; the nearest is 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 27.4 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