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Mid-Set Cogeneration

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

Nameplate capacity
39 MW
Rank in California
#514
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1989
April 1989

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Mid Set Cogeneration Co
County
Kern County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#154 of 309
EIA plant code
10501

Generating units

Individual generating units at Mid-Set Cogeneration
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
K100Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine39 MW36 MW1989Out 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 39 MW solar plant and a 39 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