California Power Plants

The power plant locations and characteristics are part of the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) critical 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.

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:Nameplate Capacity (MW): The total nameplate capacity from every unit that makes up the power plant, regardless of status Units: List of the unit names at each power plant Primary Energy Source: A list of the primary energy sources used by every generator at the plantLast Reported Year: The last year that the power plant was recorded in the Annual Generation Table.The purpose of this feature layer is to:Support the CEC/Energy Assessments Division/Supply Analysis Office in electric generation report;Support the CEC/REAT by providing information on renewable power plant location and capacity;Support the CEC/STEP/Engineering Office/Geo Science in water management report;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.    Support the CEC/STEP/Strategic Transmission Planning and Corridor Designation Office in corridor study and transmission line siting;   Support the CEC staff's various analysis by providing general geographic reference information;Enhance communication between government agencies on emergency management, resource management, economic development, and environmental study;Provide illustration of critical infrastructure spatial data to the public or other agencies 

Data and Resources

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notes <p>The power plant locations and characteristics are part of the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) critical infrastructure geospatial data sets. The data is derived from the CEC’s <a href='https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/web_qfer/index_cms.php' rel='nofollow ugc'>QFER-1304 Power Plant Owner Reporting Database</a> 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 <a href='https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/web_qfer/source_files/q_WebWorks_QFERGeneratorAnnual_Table.txt' rel='nofollow ugc'>Annual Generation Table</a>. 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><a href='https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/web_qfer/source_files/q_WebWorks_QFERGeneratorAnnual_Table.txt' style='text-indent:-0.25in;' rel='nofollow ugc'>Annual Generation Table</a><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>.</span></li></ul><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>
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