Argus Cogen Plant
Coal power plant · San Bernardino County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc.
- County
- San Bernardino County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among coal plants in California
- #1 of 1
- EIA plant code
- 10684
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG8 | Conventional Steam Coal | 28 MW | 25 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| TG9 | Conventional Steam Coal | 28 MW | 25 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| TG5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 7.5 MW | 7.0 MW | 1947 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 63 MW solar plant and a 63 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