Richmond Cogen
Natural gas power plant · Contra Costa County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Chevron Products Company-Richmond
- County
- Contra Costa County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #57 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 52109
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 63 MW | 50 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 63 MW | 50 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 30 MW | 30 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GEN6 | All Other | 18 MW | 18 MW | 2019 | 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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| Big Creek 3 | Hydro | 175 MW |
| Campbell Power Plant | Natural gas | 174 MW |
| Blythe Solar 110, LLC | Battery storage | 173 MW |
| Don Pedro | Hydro | 171 MW |
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 174 MW solar plant and a 174 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