TRACY

How TRACY compares

With 1,074 MW of capacity, TRACY ranks 3rd among the 50 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nevada and 3rd of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of Nevada's operating Natural Gas capacity and 9.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 79th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1974, it is older than 85% of the 49 operating Nevada plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO, runs 3 operating plants in Nevada totaling 1,871 MW. It shares Storey County with one other operating plant, WESTERN 102 POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 1,033 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 4,054 GWh in 2024 (a 45% capacity factor), up 15% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1974 and 2008.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is TRACY (360 kV), about 0.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 120 kV line owned by SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY, about 0.3 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 138 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WESTERN 102 POWER PLANT (119 MW, Natural Gas).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology