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Ellwood

Ellwood is a 58.0 MW operating gas power plant in Santa Barbara County, California, operated by Ellwood Power, LLC.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingAug 1974 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
01Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine58 MW OperatingAug 1974

Plant details

Operator
Ellwood Power, LLC
Location
Santa Barbara County, California
Balancing authority
CISO
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Capacity
Operating: 58.0 MW
First unit online
Aug 1974
EIA plant ID
8076

Location

34.4314, -119.9001

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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