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North City - Landfill Gas Engine North

Other power plant · San Diego County, California · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in California
#1502
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
November 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
City of San Diego
County
San Diego County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among other plants in California
#131 of 152
EIA plant code
60571

Generating units

Individual generating units at North City - Landfill Gas Engine North
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
NCEPLandfill Gas1.6 MW1.4 MW2013Out 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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