Colusa Generating Station

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating

Commissioned: 2010
Net generation, 2025: 2,576,191 MWh
Grid: 230 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
Location: Colusa County, California
Operated by: Pacific Gas & Electric Co.SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2010 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2010 to 2026

Owner: Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Source100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023

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Technology: Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
Age: 16 years since 2010
Unused energy: 3,664 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: 7,650 Btu/kWh 2025

All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Pacific Gas and Electric Co Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000003769 Unit ids G100000402027 Location id L100000402183 Eia plant ids 56532
Grid	Nerc region WECC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 230 Transmission owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co Balancing authority code CISO Balancing authority name California Independent System Operator
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110038892115 Subparts reported C, D NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1007173
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	19,709,162
Capacity factor, 2025	0.413
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	7,650.5
Net generation (MWh), 2025	2,576,191
Balancing authority code	CISO

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Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)