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California
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California has 1,452 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 78.3 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 51.7% of tracked capacity, with hydro second at 17.5%. The largest plant we track is Haynes (1,739 MW, online since 1996).

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1,452 Tracked plants
78.3 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
12 Fuel types

California electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 51.7% 40.5 GW Hydro 17.5% 13.7 GW Solar 16.3% 12.8 GW Wind 7.9% 6.2 GW Geothermal 3.6% 2.8 GW Waste-to-Energy 1.5% 1.2 GW Oil 0.8% 0.6 GW Battery Storage 0.3% 0.2 GW Biomass 0.2% 0.2 GW Cogeneration 0.2% 0.1 GW Coal 0.1% 0.1 GW Other 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in California

01 Haynes Natural Gas · 1996 1,739 MW 02 Castaic Hydro · 1975 1,682 MW 03 Ormond Beach Natural Gas · 1972 1,612 MW 04 Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant Hybrid Natural Gas · 2002 1,398 MW 05 La Paloma Generating Plant Natural Gas · 2003 1,200 MW 06 Geysers Unit 5-20 Geothermal · 1979 1,163 MW 07 AES Alamitos LLC Natural Gas · 1962 1,115 MW 08 Helms Pumped Storage Hydro · 1984 1,053 MW 09 Mountainview Generating Station Natural Gas · 2006 1,037 MW 10 Delta Energy Center Natural Gas · 2002 944 MW 11 Scattergood Natural Gas · 1994 876 MW 12 High Desert Power Plant Natural Gas · 2003 852 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does California get its electricity?

Across the 1,452 plants we track in California, capacity is led by natural gas at 51.7%, then hydro at 17.5%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in California?

The largest plant in our California catalog is Haynes, a natural gas facility with 1,739 MW (commissioned 1996).

How many power plants are in California?

Our catalog tracks 1,452 power plants in California totalling 78.3 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Texas 478 plants Florida 181 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW New York 38.4 GW

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