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EIA plant 57715

San Diego · San Diego · CA

Watkins Manufacturing Co.

Operated by Watkins Manufacturing Corporation

Annual generation5,415 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 Watkins Manufacturing Co.?

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33.143847, -117.236908

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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 Internal Combustion Engine2 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.

191
2298
3300
4351
575
6219
7728
8756
9690
10741
11694
12472

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
191
2298
3300
4351
575
6219
7728
8756
9690
10741
11694
12472

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
191 MWh
2298 MWh
3300 MWh
4351 MWh
575 MWh
6219 MWh
7728 MWh
8756 MWh
9690 MWh
10741 MWh
11694 MWh
12472 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG1OP
GEN2Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG1OP

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EIA plant ID
57715
Sector
Industrial Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (756 MWh) and 5 the lowest (75 MWh). Their difference is 681 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine1.01.01.00.3
GEN2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine1.01.01.00.3

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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