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- Under construction
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W Plant
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 67% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2005
- Net generation, 2025
- 26,819 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
- 21 years since 2005
- Unused energy
- 13 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
- 10,910 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 292,610 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.665 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 10,910.5 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 26,819 |
| Balancing authority code | CISO |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · 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
- 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 | 5.3 mi | 4.3 |
| EnerSmart Mesa Heights Sub Station Under construction | Storage | 6.0 mi | 3 |
| L3 Harris San Diego Under construction | Solar | 6.6 mi | 1.6 |
| Pomerado Energy Storage, LLC Postponed | Storage | 9.4 mi | 6 |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility Postponed | Hydro | 12.3 mi | 1.4 |
| EnerSmart Murray BESS Postponed | Storage | 12.7 mi | 21 |
Sources EIA-860M