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Rockwood — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · Imperial Irrigation DistrictCE&P Imperial Valley 1 — Permitted · Other · CA · 50 MW · 3.1 mi awayEl Centro Hybrid — Announced · Gas, reciprocating engine · CA · 112.8 MW · 10.6 mi awayBlack Rock I — Postponed · Geothermal · CA · 70 MW · 14.8 mi awayBlack Rock II — Postponed · Geothermal · CA · 70 MW · 14.8 mi awayBlack Rock III — Postponed · Geothermal · CA · 70 MW · 14.8 mi away
  • Combustion
  • Unspecified fuel
  • In development
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Rockwood

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 0% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1979
Net generation, 2025
419 MWh
Grid
33 kV to Imperial Irrigation District (IID)
Location
Imperial County, California
Operated by
Imperial Irrigation DistrictSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
47 years since 1979
Unused energy
436 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
14,174 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
33
Transmission owner
Imperial Irrigation District
Balancing authority code
IID
Balancing authority name
Imperial Irrigation District
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20255,939
Capacity factor, 20250.001
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202514,174.2
Net generation (MWh), 2025419
Balancing authority codeIID

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

3 sources

Sources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
CE&P Imperial Valley 1 Permitted Other 3.1 mi 50
El Centro Hybrid Announced Gas, reciprocating engine 10.6 mi 112.8
Black Rock I Postponed Geothermal 14.8 mi 70
Black Rock II Postponed Geothermal 14.8 mi 70
Black Rock III Postponed Geothermal 14.8 mi 70

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution