Clearwater Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Riverside County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Riverside - (CA)
- County
- Riverside County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #126 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 56356
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 41 MW | 21 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 8.0 MW | 7.0 MW | 2005 | 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
| Torrance Refining Company, LLC | Natural gas | 49 MW |
| Drum 1 | Hydro | 49 MW |
| Mountain View IV | Wind | 49 MW |
| Kern River Eastridge Cogen | Natural gas | 49 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 49 MW solar plant and a 49 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