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Carson Power Plant

Natural gas power plant · Sacramento County, California

Nameplate capacity
126 MW
Rank in California
#226
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1995
October 1995

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist
County
Sacramento County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.12%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#67 of 309
EIA plant code
7527

Generating units

Individual generating units at Carson Power Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine54 MW41 MW1995Operating
CCCTNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle54 MW51 MW1995Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle18 MW17 MW1995Operating

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 126 MW solar plant and a 126 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