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Potrero Power
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 13% of 2010 Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1965
- Net generation, 2010
- 430,771 MWh
- Location
- San Francisco County, California
- Operated by
- NRG Potrero LLC
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- NRG Energy, Inc
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- Technology
- Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
- Age
- 61 years since 1965
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- February 2011
- Capacity retired
- 382 MW
- Generators retired
- 4
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 226 MW | Retired | February 2011 |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 52 MW | Retired | February 2011 |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 52 MW | Retired | February 2011 |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 52 MW | Retired | February 2011 |
By technology
| Technology | Retired | Scheduled to retire |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 226 MW | |
| Petroleum Liquids | 156 MW |
Grid
Not in EIA-860Grid fieldsEIA-860 states no grid voltage or transmission owner for this plant: its annual file lists plants with a generator in the report year, so a plant that retired earlier is not in it.Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
Connection points within 15 mi (1)
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
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRG Potrero LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| NRG Energy, Inc | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Units 3, 4, 5, 6 scheduled to retire, 382 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · CAISO · 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
- 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.
- CAISOSource: California ISO
- EIASource: 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)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Electric Reliability Proj Withdrawn | Gas, combustion turbine | 2.5 mi | 151.5 |
| Dynegy Oakland Power Plant Announced | Storage | 5.7 mi | 43.3 |
| San Francisco Intl Airport Ct Project Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 8.0 mi | 48 |
| San Leandro 10 - sleba702 Under construction | Solar | 10.5 mi | 1 |
| Richmond Cogen Postponed | Gas, combined cycle | 13.3 mi | 43 |