El Cajon Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · San Diego County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Wellhead Services, Inc
- County
- San Diego County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #95 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 57001
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 61 MW | 2010 | 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
| CalPeak Power Vaca Dixon Peaker Plant | Natural gas | 61 MW |
| Delano Energy Center | Natural gas | 61 MW |
| Lake One | Natural gas | 61 MW |
| Oasis Wind | Wind | 60 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 61 MW solar plant and a 61 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