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Ameresco Johnson Canyon

Other power plant · Monterey County, California

Nameplate capacity
1.4 MW
Rank in California
#1607
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
May 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
Ameresco Johnson Canyon LLC
County
Monterey County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among other plants in California
#140 of 152
EIA plant code
58397

Generating units

Individual generating units at Ameresco Johnson Canyon
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ENG1Landfill Gas1.4 MW1.4 MW2013Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1.4 MW solar plant and a 1.4 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates