Western Power & Steam Inc
Natural gas power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in California
#582
of 1,897 plants
In service since
1990
March 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Western Power and Steam II LLC
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in California
- #172 of 309
- EIA plant code
- 54410
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 28 MW | 20 MW | 1990 | 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
| Woodland Biomass Power Ltd | Other | 28 MW |
| Rio Bravo Rocklin | Other | 28 MW |
| Lodi | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Dutch Flat 2 | Hydro | 27 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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