Santa Ynez Facility
Natural gas power plant · Santa Barbara County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- —
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #124 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 50270
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 40 MW | 40 MW | 1993 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 9.8 MW | 8.9 MW | 1993 | Out of service but 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.
Similarly sized plants in California
| Greenleaf 2 Power Plant | Natural gas | 50 MW |
| San Gorgonio Windplant WPP1993 | Wind | 50 MW |
| Torrance Refining Company, LLC | Natural gas | 49 MW |
| Drum 1 | Hydro | 49 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 49 MW solar plant and a 49 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