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EIA plant 57978

Lodi · San Joaquin · CA

Lodi Energy Center

Operated by Northern California Power Agny

Annual generation776,167 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 Lodi Energy Center?

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38.088056, -121.387500

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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 Combined Cycle288.9 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.

1155,019
273,757
311,544
41,604
54,282
68,184
7104,830
855,214
934,282
10110,571
11100,241
12116,639

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
1155,019
273,757
311,544
41,604
54,282
68,184
7104,830
855,214
934,282
10110,571
11100,241
12116,639

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1155,019 MWh
273,757 MWh
311,544 MWh
41,604 MWh
54,282 MWh
68,184 MWh
7104,830 MWh
855,214 MWh
934,282 MWh
10110,571 MWh
11100,241 MWh
12116,639 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG185OP
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG103.9OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
57978
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Groundwater
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (155,019 MWh) and 4 the lowest (1,604 MWh). Their difference is 153,415 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle185.0178.0190.0100.0
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle103.995.096.065.0

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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