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PE Berkeley
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 67% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1987
- Net generation, 2025
- 166,563 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
- Location
- Alameda County, California
- Operated by
- Berkeley Cogeneration Facility
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
- Age
- 39 years since 1987
- Unused energy
- 83 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
- 11,566 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 1,926,473 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.667 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 11,566 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 166,563 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Ownership
3 companies3| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Cogeneration Facility | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Olympus Power | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
| The Regents of the Univ. of California | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
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
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynegy Oakland Power Plant Announced | Storage | 8.3 km | 43.3 |
| Richmond Cogen Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 13.7 km | 43 |
| San Francisco Electric Reliability Proj Withdrawn | Gas, combustion turbine | 14.2 km | 151.5 |
| San Leandro 10 - sleba702 Under construction | Solar | 18.8 km | 1 |
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- CAISO Public Queue ReportSource: California ISO