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MM Lopez Energy

Other power plant · Los Angeles County, California

Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in California
#1215
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1998
December 1998

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
MM Lopez Energy LLC
County
Los Angeles County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among other plants in California
#116 of 152
EIA plant code
55161

Generating units

Individual generating units at MM Lopez Energy
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
UNT1Landfill Gas3.0 MW2.7 MW1998Operating

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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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