Redding Power
Natural gas power plant · Shasta County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Redding - (CA)
- County
- Shasta County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #54 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 7307
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 43 MW | 41 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 40 MW | 41 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 28 MW | 23 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 28 MW | 23 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 27 MW | 27 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 18 MW | 16 MW | 1996 | Operating |
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 183 MW solar plant and a 183 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