WOODLAND

How WOODLAND compares

With 199 MW of capacity, WOODLAND ranks 75th among the 874 operating power plants Bywatts maps in California and 43rd of the 190 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of California's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 542nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1993, it is older than 61% of the 859 operating California plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT, runs 3 operating plants in California totaling 462 MW. It shares Stanislaus County with 8 other operating plants, including WALNUT ENERGY CENTER and ALMOND POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 199 MW of nameplate capacity, led by natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 272 GWh in 2024 (a 16% capacity factor), down 15% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1993 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WOODLAND, under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 1.4 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 929 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 1.5 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