City of Palo AltoRetired
Santa Clara County, California · EIA plant ID 57714 · Operator: City of Palo Alto
×4 MW natural gas retired since 2020 (latest Jan 2024)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online—
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.7 | 1.7% | 11,330 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 1.3% | 11,372 |
| 2012 | 0.3 | 0.7% | 12,053 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0.1% | 10,500 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0.1% | 10,958 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0.1% | 10,300 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0.1% | 10,864 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0.0% | 15,077 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.1% | 12,839 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.0% | 14,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0.1% | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 1.1 | 1.1 | Mar 2002 | Retired Jan 2024 | — | coming soon |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 1.1 | 1.1 | Mar 2002 | Retired Jan 2024 | — | coming soon |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 1.1 | 1.1 | Mar 2002 | Retired Jan 2024 | — | coming soon |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 1.1 | 1.1 | Mar 2002 | Retired Jan 2024 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: City of Palo Alto. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Stanford Campus Solar | 4 MW | 4.6 km |
| Solar Star Palo Alto I, LLC | 1 MW | 4.6 km |
| Equinix Caspian Dr. Fuel Cell | 5 MW | 5.7 km |
| SRI International Cogen Project | 6 MW | 5.9 km |
| Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale | retired | 7.7 km |
| Yahoo! - HQ | retired | 7.8 km |