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- Combustion
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Q Plant
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2013
- Net generation, 2025
- 0 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to San Diego Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
- Location
- San Diego County, California
- Operated by
- Qualcomm IncSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Qualcomm IncSource100.0%, 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, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 13 years since 2013
All 4 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 0 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 0 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Data notes (1)
- Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation 0.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- April 2023
- Capacity retired
- 4.6 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q-TG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.6 MW | Retired | April 2023 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 12 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co
- Balancing authority
- California Independent System Operator
- NERC region
- WECC
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 Q-TG1 scheduled to retire, 4.6 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources 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
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Penasquitos Under construction | Hydro | 5.6 mi | 4.3 |
| EnerSmart Mesa Heights Sub Station Under construction | Storage | 6.2 mi | 3 |
| L3 Harris San Diego Under construction | Solar | 6.8 mi | 1.6 |
| Pomerado Energy Storage, LLC Postponed | Storage | 9.7 mi | 6 |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility Postponed | Hydro | 12.6 mi | 1.4 |
| EnerSmart Murray BESS Postponed | Storage | 13.0 mi | 21 |
Sources EIA-860M