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Campbell Power Plant

Natural gas power plant · Sacramento County, California

Nameplate capacity
174 MW
Rank in California
#152
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1997
December 1997

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
County
Sacramento County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.16%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#56 of 309
EIA plant code
7552

Generating units

Individual generating units at Campbell Power Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CCCTNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle119 MW119 MW1997Operating
CCSTNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle55 MW59 MW1997Operating

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 174 MW solar plant and a 174 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