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Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington

Natural gas power plant · Los Angeles County, California · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
59 MW
Rank in California
#393
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1988
May 1988

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Other Gases
Operator
Phillips 66 - Los Angeles
County
Los Angeles County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#100 of 309
EIA plant code
54451

Generating units

Individual generating units at Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
G2Other Gases59 MW50 MW1988Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 59 MW solar plant and a 59 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