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Olive View Medical Center

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

Nameplate capacity
5.6 MW
Rank in California
#965
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1987
February 1987

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Los Angeles County DHS
County
Los Angeles County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#213 of 309
EIA plant code
10884

Generating units

Individual generating units at Olive View Medical Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CTC1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine2.8 MW2.7 MW1987Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
CTC2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine2.8 MW2.7 MW1987Out 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 5.6 MW solar plant and a 5.6 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