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Grossmont Hospital

Natural gas power plant · San Diego County, California

Nameplate capacity
4.5 MW
Rank in California
#1059
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2016
May 2016

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
County
San Diego County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#226 of 309
EIA plant code
10115

Generating units

Individual generating units at Grossmont Hospital
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.5 MW4.2 MW2016Operating

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 4.5 MW solar plant and a 4.5 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