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Santa Ynez Facility

Natural gas power plant · Santa Barbara County, California

Nameplate capacity
49 MW
Rank in California
#446
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1993
September 1993

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

Individual generating units at Santa Ynez Facility
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GTG1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle40 MW40 MW1993Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
STG1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle9.8 MW8.9 MW1993Out 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.

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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 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