- Combustion
- Clean firm
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Under construction
- Retired
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Combustion
- Clean firm
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Under construction
- Retired
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El Cajon
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 1% of 2016 Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1968
- Net generation, 2016
- 801 MWh
- Location
- San Diego County, California
- Operated by
- NRG Cabrillo Power Ops IncSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 58 years since 1968
1 attribute from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- December 2016
- Capacity retired
- 18 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENCI | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 18 MW | Retired | December 2016 |
Grid
EIA-860Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 (Schedule 2).- Balancing authority
- CISO
Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
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 Unit ENCI scheduled to retire, 18 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- LBNLYin, 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.
- EIASource: 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 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnerSmart El Cajon BESS Postponed | Storage | 2.8 mi | 3 |
| EnerSmart Murray BESS Postponed | Storage | 3.0 mi | 21 |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility Postponed | Hydro | 4.1 mi | 1.4 |
| L3 Harris San Diego Under construction | Solar | 9.6 mi | 1.6 |
| EnerSmart Mesa Heights Sub Station Under construction | Storage | 10.6 mi | 3 |
| Pomerado Energy Storage, LLC Postponed | Storage | 10.7 mi | 6 |
| Rancho Penasquitos Under construction | Hydro | 12.7 mi | 4.3 |
| CA National City Terminal Ave Under construction | Solar | 13.0 mi | 1.1 |
Sources EIA-860M