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Puente Hills Energy Recovery

Puente Hills Energy Recovery is a 50.0 MW operating bioenergy plant in Los Angeles County, California, operated by Los Angeles County Sanitation.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingOct 1984 (current stage)
  5. ClosedDec 2016 (not yet reached)

This plant has generators at more than one stage; see the table below.

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
GEN1Landfill Gas50 MW OperatingOct 1986
GEN3Landfill Gas3.3 MW RetiredJan 2006Dec 2016
GEN4Landfill Gas3.3 MW RetiredJan 2006Dec 2016
GEN5Landfill Gas3.3 MW RetiredJan 2006Dec 2016
GEN2Landfill Gas2.8 MW RetiredOct 1984Jan 2013

Plant details

Operator
Los Angeles County Sanitation
Location
Los Angeles County, California
Balancing authority
CISO
Sector
Commercial Non-CHP
Capacity
Operating: 50.0 MW
Retired: 12.7 MW
First unit online
Oct 1984
EIA plant ID
10472

Location

34.0233, -118.0241

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem