Richmond Cogen

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating

Commissioned: 1992
Net generation, 2025: 970,068 MWh
Grid: 115 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (CISO)
Location: Contra Costa County, California
Operated by: Chevron Products Company-RichmondSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026

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Technology: Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
Age: 34 years since 1992
Unused energy: 550 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: 12,686 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Chevron Corp Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000001179 Unit ids G100000401734 Location id L100000402500 Eia plant ids 52109
Grid	Nerc region WECC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 115 Transmission owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co Balancing authority code CISO Balancing authority name California Independent System Operator
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	12,306,775
Capacity factor, 2025	0.638
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	12,686.5
Net generation (MWh), 2025	970,068
Balancing authority code	CISO

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EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
Project	Kind	Away	MW
Richmond Cogen unit GEN3 Postponed	Gas, combined cycle	0.0 mi	43
San Francisco Electric Reliability Proj Withdrawn	Gas, combustion turbine	10.8 mi	151.5
Dynegy Oakland Power Plant Announced	Storage	11.7 mi	43.3

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