UCLA So Campus Cogen Project
Natural gas power plant · Los Angeles County, California
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- University of California-LA
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #142 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 52073
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN-A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 16 MW | 14 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| GEN-B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 16 MW | 14 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 14 MW | 11 MW | 1993 | Operating |
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
| Painted Hills Wind Park | Wind | 47 MW |
| Ridgetop | Wind | 47 MW |
| Narrows 2 | Hydro | 47 MW |
| Elk Hills Cogen | Natural gas | 47 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 47 MW solar plant and a 47 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