Power Plants in CAISO (California)

1,769 plants · 115.9 GW total capacity

The CAISO (California) grid region encompasses 1,769 power plants with 115.9 GW total capacity across 4 states.

Largest is Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind (3551 MW Wind); oldest active is Santa Ana 1 (1899); newest is Shasta College PH2 Solar Project (2026); top state is California (1,732 plants); top owner is AES Distributed Energy (47 plants).

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By Fuel Type

Solar
854 plants · 36.2 GW
Gas
271 plants · 33.2 GW
Hydro
197 plants · 9.4 GW
Battery
197 plants · 20.6 GW
Wind
116 plants · 10.3 GW
other
101 plants · 1.2 GW
Geothermal
16 plants · 2.1 GW
Oil
15 plants · 477 MW
Nuclear
1 plants · 2.3 GW
Coal
1 plants · 63 MW

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