WALNUT

How WALNUT compares

With 50 MW of capacity, WALNUT ranks 249th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 93rd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.1% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 807th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 72% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 7 operating plants in California totaling 792 MW. It shares Stanislaus County with 8 other operating plants, including WALNUT ENERGY CENTER and ALMOND POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 0.429 GWh in 2024 (a 0.1% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WALNUT (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, about 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 1,071 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WALNUT ENERGY CENTER (301 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 801 Tenth Street Modesto (Ayera) in Modesto, about 11.5 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