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EIA plant 54768

Bakersfield · Kern · CA

Live Oak Limited

Operated by WCAC Operating Company

Annual generation11,559 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Live Oak Limited?

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35.483700, -119.029800

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine46 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1-102
2-49
31,001
463
5164
676
74,767
82,093
92,321
101,108
11184
12-67

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1-102
2-49
31,001
463
5164
676
74,767
82,093
92,321
101,108
11184
12-67

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1-102 MWh
2-49 MWh
31,001 MWh
463 MWh
5164 MWh
676 MWh
74,767 MWh
82,093 MWh
92,321 MWh
101,108 MWh
11184 MWh
12-67 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46OP

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EIA plant ID
54768
Sector
IPP CHP
Water source
Well
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 9 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (4,767 MWh) and 4 the lowest (63 MWh). Their difference is 4,704 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine46.046.048.021.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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