CES Placerita Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Los Angeles County, California · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- CES Placerita Inc
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #83 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 10677
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 60 MW | 46 MW | 1988 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| UNT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 30 MW | 23 MW | 1988 | 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 90 MW solar plant and a 90 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