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Encina — Power plant · Gas, steam turbine · NRG Cabrillo Power Ops IncCarlsbad Energy Center — Gas, combustion turbine · CA · 105.5 MW · 0.5 km awayDon Lee BESS 1 LLC — Storage · CA · 6.5 MW · 20.1 km awayEnterprise BESS — Storage · CA · 54.1 MW · 20.5 km away
  • Combustion
  • Storage
  • In development
  • Retired
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Encina

Power plant · Gas, steam turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 3% of 2018 Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1954
Net generation, 2018
299,121 MWh
Location
San Diego County, California

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2019
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2019
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Clearway Energy Group LLC, NRG Energy, Inc

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Technology
Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age
72 years since 1954
All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110070397897
Subparts reported
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
1013360
Balancing authority codeCISO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Retired
December 2018
First unit retired
April 2017
Capacity retired
999.6 MW
Generators retired
6
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
ST1Natural Gas Steam Turbine110 MWRetiredApril 2017
2Natural Gas Steam Turbine110 MWRetiredDecember 2018
3Natural Gas Steam Turbine110 MWRetiredDecember 2018
4Natural Gas Steam Turbine306 MWRetiredDecember 2018
5Natural Gas Steam Turbine345.6 MWRetiredDecember 2018
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine18 MWRetiredDecember 2018
By technology
TechnologyRetiredScheduled to retire
Natural Gas Steam Turbine981.6 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine18 MW

Grid

EIA-860Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 (Schedule 2).
Balancing authority
CISO
Transmission lines within 25 km (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.

Ownership

3 companies3
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
NRG Cabrillo Power Ops Inc Operator EIA-860M
Clearway Energy Group LLC Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP
NRG Energy, Inc Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Units 2, 3, 4, 5, GT1 scheduled to retire, 889.6 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit ST1 scheduled to retire, 110 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Carlsbad Energy Center Postponed Gas, combustion turbine 0.5 km 105.5
Don Lee BESS 1 LLC Postponed Storage 20.1 km 6.5
Enterprise BESS Permitted Storage 20.5 km 54.1

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

Attribution