CSUF Trigeneration
Natural gas power plant · Orange County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- California State University at Fullerton
- County
- Orange County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #196 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 58169
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.6 MW | 4.3 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| NPS | Solar Photovoltaic | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| SCPS | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| PS5 | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| CPAC | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| KHS | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| PS4 | Solar Photovoltaic | 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
| Orange County Energy Storage 2 | Battery storage | 9.0 MW |
| SEPV9 Power Plant | Solar | 9.0 MW |
| Spreckels Sugar Company | Natural gas | 8.9 MW |
| Foothill | Hydro | 8.8 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 8.9 MW solar plant and a 8.9 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