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Sierra Power
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomassran 75% of 2013 Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1985
- Net generation, 2013
- 49,505 MWh
- Location
- TULARE County, California
- Operated by
- Sierra Power CorporationSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Biomass and waste
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Sierra Power CorporationSource100.0%, 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
- Biomass source: “Wood/Wood Waste Biomass”
- Age
- 41 years since 1985
All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- July 2014
- Capacity retired
- 7.5 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 7.5 MW | Retired | July 2014 |
Grid
EIA-860Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 (Schedule 2).- Balancing authority
- CISO
Transmission lines within 15 mi (3)
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.
Timeline
- Stated Unit WEST scheduled to retire, 7.5 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
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within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rexford 2 Solar Farm Contracted | Solar + storage | 4.6 mi | 200 |
| Anode (Springville) BESS Under construction | Storage | 12.1 mi | 225 |
| Ranch 4701 Under construction | Solar | 14.7 mi | 2.3 |