California Power Plants

<p>The power plant locations and characteristics are part of
the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) California Energy Infrastructure geospatial
data sets. The data is derived from the CEC’s QFER-1304
Power Plant Owner Reporting Database and is updated annually. Among other information, a number of identifying attributes are given for each power plant as
well as the generator units at each plant, their energy type, the total
nameplate capacity, and their owners and operators.</p>

<p>This California Power Plants data set has identical
information to the many tables making up the QFER data set, however this single
feature layer is derived by condensing several QFER tables into one. Some
fields of the original tables have been omitted, and point geometries,
determined by each plants’ address fields, have been appended for geospatial display.
Four new fields have been compiled from QFER’s Annual
Generation Table. These are listed and defined as:</p><p></p><ul><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Nameplate Capacity (MW): The total nameplate
capacity from every unit that makes up the power plant, regardless of status </span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Units: List of the unit names at each power
plant </span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Primary Energy Source: A list of the primary
energy sources used by every generator at the plant</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Last Reported Year: The last year that the power
plant was recorded in the </span><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Annual
Generation Table</span><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>.</span></li></ul><p>Primary Energy Source Descriptions:</p><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='border-collapse:collapse; width:508pt;' width='679'><tbody><tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; width:62pt;' width='83'>Source</td>
  <td style='border-left:none; width:121pt;' width='162'>Type</td>
  <td style='border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Description</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>AB</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Agriculture
  Crop Byproducts/Straw/Energy Crops</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BAT</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Battery</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Battery
  Storage - not to be counted as a primary fuel/energy source</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BFG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Blast
  Furnace Gas</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BIT</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Bituminous
  Coal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BLQ</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Black
  Liquor</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>COL</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Anthracite
  Coal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>DFO</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Distillate
  Fuel Oil (includes all Diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 Fuel Oils) </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>GAS</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Gasoline</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>GEO</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Geothermal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Geothermal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>JF</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Jet
  Fuel </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>KER </td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Kerosene </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LFG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Landfill
  Gas</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LIG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Lignite
  Coal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LWAT</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Large Hydro</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Large
  Hydro</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>MSW</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Municipal
  Solid Waste</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>N/A</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other,
  non-specified</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>NA</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Not
  Available</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>NG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Natural
  Gas (Methane - Pipeline Weighted National Average w/ HHV 1,050 Btu/scf)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>NUC</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Nuclear</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Nuclear
  (Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OBG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  Biomass Gases (Digester Gas, Methane, and other biomass gases)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='53' style='height:39.6pt;'>
  <td height='53' style='height:39.6pt; border-top:none;'>OBL</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  Biomass Liquid (Ethanol, Fish Oil, Liquid Acetonitrile Waste, Medical Waste,
  Tall Oil, Waste Alcohol, and other Biomass not specified)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OBS</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  Biomass Solid (Animal Manure and Waste, Solid Byproducts, and other solid
  biomass not specified) </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  Gas (Butane, Coal Processes, Coke-Oven, Refinery, and other processes)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>OGW</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  gases, waste products</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>OIL</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Non-specified
  oil products, may include distillate fuel oil</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OTH </td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Other</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other
  (Batteries, Chemicals, Coke Breeze, Hydrogen, Pitch, Sulfur, Tar Coal, and
  miscellaneous technologies)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PC</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Petroleum Coke</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Petroleum
  Coke (Solid)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PG</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Propane</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PUR</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Other</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Purchased
  Steam</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>RFO</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Residual
  Fuel Oil (includes No. 5 and No. 6 Fuel Oils and Bunker C Fuel Oil)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>SC</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Coal-based
  Synfuel and include briquettes, pellets, or extrusions, which are formed by
  binding materials and processes that recycle material</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SLW</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Sludge
  Waste (Waste Oil blended with Residual Fuel Oil)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SUB</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Sub-bituminous
  Coal</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SUN</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Solar</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Solar
  (Photovoltaic, Thermal)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SWAT</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Small Hydro</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Small
  Hydro, Eligible Hydroelectric for RPS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>TDF</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Tires</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>UNK</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other,
  non specified</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>UNSP</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Unspecified</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WAT</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Hydro (Large and
  Small)</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Water
  (Conventional, Pumped Storage)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WC</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Waste/Other
  Coal (Anthracite Culm, Bituminous Gob, Fine Coal, Lignite Waste, Waste
  Coal) </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WDL</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wood
  Waste Liquids (Red Liquor, Sludge Wood, Spent Sulfite Liquor, and other wood
  related liquids not </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>
  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WDS</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wood/Wood
  Waste Solids (Paper Pellets, Railroad Ties, Utility Poles, Wood Chips, and
  other wood solids)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WH</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Waste Heat</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Waste
  Heat</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>
  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WND</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Wind</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wind</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height='53' style='height:39.6pt;'>
  <td height='53' style='height:39.6pt; border-top:none;'>WO</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>
  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Oil-Other
  and Waste Oil (Butane (Liquid), Crude Oil, Liquid Byproducts, Oil Waste,
  Propane (Liquid),<br />
    Re-refined </td>
 </tr></tbody></table><p>The purpose of this feature layer is to:</p><p></p><ul><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the
CEC/Energy Assessments Division/Supply Analysis Office in electric generation
report;</span><br /></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the
CEC/REAT by providing information on renewable power plant location and
capacity;</span><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'></span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the CEC/STEP/Engineering Office/Geo
Science in water management report;</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support
CEC/STEP/Siting Office, Compliance Office, Environmental Office, Engineering
Office, and /Strategic Transmission Planning and Corridor Designation
Office  by providing information on power plant location, capacity, fuel
type, operational status, CEC docket id, etc.</span><span style='font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>    </span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the
CEC/STEP/Strategic Transmission Planning and Corridor Designation Office in
corridor study and transmission line siting;</span><span style='font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>   </span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the
CEC staff's various analysis by providing general geographic reference
information;</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Enhance
communication between government agencies on emergency management, resource
management, economic development, and environmental study;</span></li><li><font color='#000000'>Provide illustration of critical infrastructure
spatial data to the public or other agencies </font></li></ul><p></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:0in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white;'><span style='font-family:Symbol; color:black;'><span><span style='font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;'>  </span></span></span></p>

Tags: california-energy-commission, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, capacity, power-plant, qfer
Organization: State of California