VALLEY (CA)

How VALLEY (CA) compares

With 576 MW of capacity, VALLEY (CA) ranks 30th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 23rd 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 276th-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. 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 4 generators at the site with 691 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 576 MW). Net generation was 1,514 GWh in 2024 (a 25% capacity factor), down 27% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2003.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STAION M(VALLEY) (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 36 operating power plants totaling 2,741 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SCATTERGOOD (843 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 16 mapped data centers; the nearest is Fireline Data Center in Los Angeles, about 12.8 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