Calistoga Power Plant

OperatingGeothermal

Ranked #2 of 33 Geothermal plants in CA#2 of 70 nationally

176.4 MW Geothermal operating in Lake, CA — California Independent System Operator

EIAGEMWD

176.4 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Geothermal

Technology

1984

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

38.7879, -122.7434

County

Lake, CA

Nearby Plants

Sonoma California Geothermal
Geothermal78 MW · 1.1 km
Geysers Unit 5-20
Geothermal1163 MW · 1.2 km
West Ford Flat
BESS25 MW · 1.9 km

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Geysers Power Co LLC	Geysers Power	—
Owner(s)	Geysers Power Co LLC	Geysers Power Co LLC [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Geysers Power Co LLC [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Calistoga Power Plant is a 176.4 MW geothermal facility located in Lake County, California. The plant, which began operating in 1984, is owned and operated by Geysers Power Co LLC. It utilizes geothermal energy as its primary fuel source and consists of two generators. The plant operates within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region.

In the most recent year with available data, Calistoga Power Plant generated 454,658 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 29.4%. The plant holds the ranking of second-largest geothermal power plant in California out of four such plants, and it is the second-largest geothermal plant nationally out of seven.

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Engineering & Generators