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Natural Gas projects in California

Natural Gas has 764 planned and operating projects tracked in California, totaling 41.7 GW. 16 are planned and 748 are operating. Los Angeles County leads with 171 projects and 9.3 GW. The largest is Ormond Beach at 806 MW. Statewide, California tracks 3,934 projects across all technologies.

Data as of

The 5 largest natural gas projects in California
ProjectCapacity
Ormond Beach 806 MW
Sunrise Power Improvement 655.7 MW
AES Alamitos LLC 495 MW
Colusa Generating Station 349.4 MW
High Desert Power Plant 333 MW
Natural Gas in California, by county
CountyProjectsCapacity
Los Angeles County 171 9.3 GW
Kern County 81 5.6 GW
Santa Clara County 57 1.7 GW
San Bernardino County 55 2.4 GW
San Diego County 52 3.1 GW
Contra Costa County 30 3.8 GW
Fresno County 29 1.2 GW
Riverside County 29 1.9 GW
Orange County 25 1.4 GW
Stanislaus County 24 938.9 MW
Alameda County 19 948.2 MW
Imperial County 17 625.9 MW
Madera County 16 49.6 MW
Monterey County 16 1.7 GW
Tehama County 16 46.4 MW
Sacramento County 14 1.1 GW
San Joaquin County 14 1.1 GW
Ventura County 12 1.9 GW
Solano County 11 308.8 MW
Humboldt County 10 167 MW
Butte County 9 11.4 MW
San Francisco County 9 17.4 MW
Sutter County 9 899.5 MW
Placer County 7 291 MW
Shasta County 6 183.1 MW
Kings County 4 190.2 MW
Tulare County 4 69.6 MW
Colusa County 3 712.4 MW
San Mateo County 3 8.1 MW
Santa Barbara County 3 107.3 MW
Other counties (6) 9 25.5 MW

Source. U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860M and ISO/RTO interconnection queues, compiled by FieldProspects.