Vernon

Other power plant · Los Angeles County, California · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
30 MW
Rank in California
#568
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1933
September 1933

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Vernon
County
Los Angeles County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among other plants in California
#41 of 152
EIA plant code
7436

Generating units

Individual generating units at Vernon
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
JH1Petroleum Liquids6.0 MW3.6 MW1933Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
JH2Petroleum Liquids6.0 MW3.6 MW1933Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
JH3Petroleum Liquids6.0 MW3.6 MW1933Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
JH4Petroleum Liquids6.0 MW3.6 MW1933Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
JH5Petroleum Liquids6.0 MW3.6 MW1933Out of service and NOT 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 30 MW solar plant and a 30 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