Blacksand Generating Facility
Natural gas power plant · Orange County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Bridge Energy LLC
- County
- Orange County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #194 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 56090
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D182 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.0 MW | 2.5 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| D189 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 3.7 MW | 3.0 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| D191 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| D192 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| D190 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in California
| Western Antelope Dry Ranch | Solar | 10 MW |
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| Solar Star California, XLIV, LLC | Solar | 9.5 MW |
| Potter Valley | Hydro | 9.4 MW |
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 9.6 MW solar plant and a 9.6 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