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Richmond Cogen

Richmond Cogen is a 174 MW operating power plant in Contra Costa County, California, operated by Chevron Products Company-Richmond.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingAug 1992 (current stage)
  5. Closed (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
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle63 MW OperatingAug 1992
GEN2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle63 MW OperatingSep 1992
GEN5Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle30 MW OperatingMar 2006
GEN6All Other18 MW OperatingApr 2019
GEN3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle43 MW Cancelled or postponed

Plant details

Operator
Chevron Products Company-Richmond
Location
Contra Costa County, California
Balancing authority
CISO
Sector
Industrial CHP
Capacity
Operating: 174 MW
Cancelled: 43.0 MW
First unit online
Aug 1992
EIA plant ID
52109

Location

37.9418, -122.3909

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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