Ellwood
Natural gas power plant · Santa Barbara County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Ellwood Power, LLC
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #101 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 8076
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 58 MW | 54 MW | 1974 | Operating |
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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| Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington | Natural gas | 59 MW |
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| Summit Winds | Wind | 58 MW |
| Grayson | Natural gas | 57 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 58 MW solar plant and a 58 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