{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "tdavid_CAEnergy", "hasEmail": "mailto:gis@energy.ca.gov"}, "description": "<p>The power plant locations and characteristics are part of\nthe California Energy Commission\u2019s (CEC) California Energy Infrastructure geospatial\ndata sets. The data is derived from the CEC\u2019s QFER-1304\nPower Plant Owner Reporting Database and is updated annually. Among other information, a number of identifying attributes are given for each power plant as\nwell as the generator units at each plant, their energy type, the total\nnameplate capacity, and their owners and operators.</p>\n\n<p>This California Power Plants data set has identical\ninformation to the many tables making up the QFER data set, however this single\nfeature layer is derived by condensing several QFER tables into one. Some\nfields of the original tables have been omitted, and point geometries,\ndetermined by each plants\u2019 address fields, have been appended for geospatial display.\nFour new fields have been compiled from QFER\u2019s Annual\nGeneration Table. These are listed and defined as:</p><p></p><ul><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Nameplate Capacity (MW): The total nameplate\ncapacity from every unit that makes up the power plant, regardless of status\u00a0</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Units: List of the unit names at each power\nplant\u00a0</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Primary Energy Source: A list of the primary\nenergy 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\nplant was recorded in the </span><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>Annual\nGeneration Table</span><span style='text-indent:-0.25in;'>.</span></li></ul><p>Primary Energy Source Descriptions:</p><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='border-collapse:collapse; width:508pt;' width='679'><tbody><tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; width:62pt;' width='83'>Source</td>\n  <td style='border-left:none; width:121pt;' width='162'>Type</td>\n  <td style='border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Description</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>AB</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Agriculture\n  Crop Byproducts/Straw/Energy Crops</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BAT</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Battery</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Battery\n  Storage - not to be counted as a primary fuel/energy source</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BFG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Blast\n  Furnace Gas</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BIT</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Bituminous\n  Coal</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>BLQ</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Black\n  Liquor</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>COL</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Anthracite\n  Coal</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>DFO</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Distillate\n  Fuel Oil (includes all Diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 Fuel Oils)\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>GAS</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Gasoline</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>GEO</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Geothermal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Geothermal</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>JF</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Jet\n  Fuel\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>KER\u00a0</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Kerosene\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LFG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Landfill\n  Gas</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LIG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Lignite\n  Coal</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>LWAT</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Large Hydro</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Large\n  Hydro</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>MSW</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Municipal\n  Solid Waste</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>N/A</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other,\n  non-specified</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>NA</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Not\n  Available</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>NG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Natural\n  Gas (Methane - Pipeline Weighted National Average w/ HHV 1,050 Btu/scf)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>NUC</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Nuclear</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Nuclear\n  (Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OBG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  Biomass Gases (Digester Gas, Methane, and other biomass gases)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='53' style='height:39.6pt;'>\n  <td height='53' style='height:39.6pt; border-top:none;'>OBL</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  Biomass Liquid (Ethanol, Fish Oil, Liquid Acetonitrile Waste, Medical Waste,\n  Tall Oil, Waste Alcohol, and other Biomass not specified)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OBS</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  Biomass Solid (Animal Manure and Waste, Solid Byproducts, and other solid\n  biomass not specified)\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  Gas (Butane, Coal Processes, Coke-Oven, Refinery, and other processes)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>OGW</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  gases, waste products</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>OIL</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Non-specified\n  oil products, may include distillate fuel oil</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>OTH\u00a0</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Other</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other\n  (Batteries, Chemicals, Coke Breeze, Hydrogen, Pitch, Sulfur, Tar Coal, and\n  miscellaneous technologies)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PC</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Petroleum Coke</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Petroleum\n  Coke (Solid)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PG</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Natural Gas</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Propane</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>PUR</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Other</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Purchased\n  Steam</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>RFO</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Residual\n  Fuel Oil (includes No. 5 and No. 6 Fuel Oils and Bunker C Fuel Oil)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>SC</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Coal-based\n  Synfuel and include briquettes, pellets, or extrusions, which are formed by\n  binding materials and processes that recycle material</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SLW</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Sludge\n  Waste (Waste Oil blended with Residual Fuel Oil)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SUB</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Sub-bituminous\n  Coal</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SUN</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Solar</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Solar\n  (Photovoltaic, Thermal)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>SWAT</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Small Hydro</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Small\n  Hydro, Eligible Hydroelectric for RPS</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>TDF</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Tires</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>UNK</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Other,\n  non specified</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>UNSP</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Unspecified</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Unspecified</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WAT</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Hydro (Large and\n  Small)</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Water\n  (Conventional, Pumped Storage)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WC</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Coal</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Waste/Other\n  Coal (Anthracite Culm, Bituminous Gob, Fine Coal, Lignite Waste, Waste\n  Coal)\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WDL</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wood\n  Waste Liquids (Red Liquor, Sludge Wood, Spent Sulfite Liquor, and other wood\n  related liquids not\u00a0</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='35' style='height:26.4pt;'>\n  <td height='35' style='height:26.4pt; border-top:none;'>WDS</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Biomass</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wood/Wood\n  Waste Solids (Paper Pellets, Railroad Ties, Utility Poles, Wood Chips, and\n  other wood solids)</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WH</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Waste Heat</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Waste\n  Heat</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='18' style='height:13.2pt;'>\n  <td height='18' style='height:13.2pt; border-top:none;'>WND</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Wind</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Wind</td>\n </tr>\n <tr height='53' style='height:39.6pt;'>\n  <td height='53' style='height:39.6pt; border-top:none;'>WO</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none;'>Oil</td>\n  <td style='border-top:none; border-left:none; width:325pt;' width='434'>Oil-Other\n  and Waste Oil (Butane (Liquid), Crude Oil, Liquid Byproducts, Oil Waste,\n  Propane (Liquid),<br />\n    Re-refined\u00a0</td>\n </tr></tbody></table><p>The purpose of this feature layer is to:</p><p></p><ul><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the\nCEC/Energy Assessments Division/Supply Analysis Office in electric generation\nreport;</span><br /></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the\nCEC/REAT by providing information on renewable power plant location and\ncapacity;</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\nScience in water management report;</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support\nCEC/STEP/Siting Office, Compliance Office, Environmental Office, Engineering\nOffice, and /Strategic Transmission Planning and Corridor Designation\nOffice\u00a0 by providing information on power plant location, capacity, fuel\ntype, 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;;'>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the\nCEC/STEP/Strategic Transmission Planning and Corridor Designation Office in\ncorridor 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;;'>\u00a0 \u00a0</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Support the\nCEC staff's various analysis by providing general geographic reference\ninformation;</span></li><li><span style='text-indent:-0.25in; color:black;'>Enhance\ncommunication between government agencies on emergency management, resource\nmanagement, economic development, and environmental study;</span></li><li><font color='#000000'>Provide illustration of critical infrastructure\nspatial data to the public or other agencies\u00a0</font></li></ul><p></p>\n\n<p style='margin-bottom:0in; 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