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Marsh Landing Generating Station

Natural gas power plant · Contra Costa County, California

Nameplate capacity
828 MW
Rank in California
#15
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
May 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Marsh Landing LLC
County
Contra Costa County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.77%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#9 of 309
EIA plant code
57267

Generating units

Individual generating units at Marsh Landing Generating Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine207 MW192 MW2013Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine207 MW191 MW2013Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine207 MW190 MW2013Operating
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine207 MW192 MW2013Operating

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 828 MW solar plant and a 828 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