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Sentinel Energy Center, LLC

Natural gas power plant · Riverside County, California

Nameplate capacity
800 MW
Rank in California
#16
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
May 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Sentinel Energy Center LLC
County
Riverside County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
0.74%
Rank among natural gas plants in California
#10 of 309
EIA plant code
57482

Generating units

Individual generating units at Sentinel Energy Center, LLC
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CTG1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG7Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating
CTG8Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine100 MW100 MW2013Operating

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 800 MW solar plant and a 800 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