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Caltech Central
Power plant · Gas, other
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, otherran 80% of 2025 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2010
- Net generation, 2025
- 7,729 MWh
- Grid
- 4 kV to Southern California Edison Co (CISO)
- Location
- Los Angeles County, California
- Operated by
- Bloom Energy 2009 PPASourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Biomass and waste
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, other source: “Other Natural Gas”
- Age
- 16 years since 2010
- Heat rate
- 6,852 Btu/kWh 2025
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 52,959 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.802 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 6,852 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 7,729 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Next scheduled retirement
- March 2031
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 1.1 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 11
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 100%
- Capacity still in service
- 1.1 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL00 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL01 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL02 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL03 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL04 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL05 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL06 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL07 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL08 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL09 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
| CL10 | Other Natural Gas | 0.1 MW | Scheduled to retire | March 2031 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 4 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Southern California Edison Co
- Balancing authority
- California Independent System Operator
- NERC region
- WECC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
Connection points within 25 km (2)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Units CL00, CL01, CL02, CL03, CL04, CL05, CL06, CL07, CL08, CL09, CL10 scheduled to retire, 1.1 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · CAISO · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- LBNL — A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024 (OEDI submission 8742)Yin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- CAISO Public Queue ReportSource: California ISO
- 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
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