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- Under construction
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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Combustion
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- Operating
Blacksand Generating Facility: location and 5 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Blacksand Generating Facility
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 36% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2000
- Net generation, 2025
- 30,518 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to Southern California Edison Co (CISO)
- Location
- Orange County, California
- Operated by
- Bridge Energy LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 26 years since 2000
- Unused energy
- 54 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 16,095 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 491,195 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.363 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 16,095.3 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 30,518 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marici Under construction | Storage | 11.8 km | 400 |
| CPA 3777 Workman Postponed | Solar | 19.7 km | 1.9 |
| Gabriel Under construction | Storage | 22.4 km | 400 |
| Westminster Reliability Project, LLC Under construction | Storage | 22.9 km | 110 |
| Santa Ana Storage 3 Postponed | Storage | 24.2 km | 40 |
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- CAISO Public Queue ReportSource: California ISO