Los Esteros Critical Energy Center — Santa Clara, CA — Operational Power Plant
EIA 860M DataOperational
Total Capacity
306.1 MW
Summer: 300 MW | Winter: 300 MW
Technology
Gas
5 generators
First Unit Online
February 1, 2003
Los Esteros Critical Energy Center is a gas power plant in Santa Clara County, CA with 5 generating units totaling 306.1 MW of nameplate capacity. It is operated by Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility LLC. Its first unit came online in 2003.
About this plant
The Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility is a power plant in San Jose, California, operated by Calpine. Located near the San Jose-Milpitas border, it began operations in 2003 with an initial capacity of 188 megawatts. In 2013 it was upgraded to 309 megawatts. The facility uses four natural gas turbines run as a combined-cycle facility where the exhaust from the gas turbine is used to create steam that drives a steam generator.
Source: Wikipedia
Capacity rank
- #634 in the U.S. by capacity
- #38 in CA by capacity
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Monthly generation history
Source: EIA Form 923
Generators (5)
Operational
5 generators
5 operational generators totaling 306.1 MW · online 2003–2013
Plant Information
| Plant ID | 55748 |
| Plant Name | Los Esteros Critical Energy Center |
| Operator | Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility LLC |
| Sector | IPP Non-CHP |
| Balancing Authority | CISO |
| Power Market | |
| County | Santa Clara |
| State | California (all interconnection requests in California) |
| Status | Operational |
| Generation Type(s) | Gas |
| Total Nameplate Capacity (MW) | 306.1 |
| Total Summer Capacity (MW) | 300 |
| Total Winter Capacity (MW) | 300 |
| Generating Units | 5 |
| Operational Units | 5 |
| Planned Units | 0 |
U.S. county map showing Santa Clara, CA
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA Form 860M
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