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Naval Hospital Medical Center

Natural gas power plant · San Diego County, California

Nameplate capacity
5.3 MW
Rank in California
#978
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2003
December 2003

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Department of the Navy
County
San Diego County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#216 of 309
EIA plant code
50963

Generating units

Individual generating units at Naval Hospital Medical Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4TGNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine5.3 MW4.4 MW2003Operating

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 5.3 MW solar plant and a 5.3 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