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981.6 MW

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4600 Carlsbad Blvd.
Carlsbad, CA
92008
United States of America

Latitude: 33.1360054016113

Longitude: -117.336364746094

Notes

2014: Under agreement negotiated with city, the old power plant will be demolished, the earlier proposal to build a 540MW, 2-unit plant was revised to build a 600MW, 6-unit facility and demolish all the old units by 2017.

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	1.7%	1.0%	0.8%	1.3%	1.1%
Asian	3.1%	4.5%	6.7%	6.7%	15.5%
Black	0.8%	0.9%	1.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic	9.7%	17.3%	18.5%	31.5%	27.3%
White	79.7%	70.9%	66.6%	53.1%	48.7%
	48.7%
Population	753	24k	90k	442k	1,305k
Income	$111k

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CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
NRG Energy, Inc	Owner	100%

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Old power plant to be torn down under new agreement 1/14/2014
SDG&E and NRG Near Finish Line for Carlsbad Energy Center 7/23/2014 "In the fall of 2013, SDG&E, NRG, and the city came up with a new proposal: The two large Siemens combined cycle units would be replaced with six General Electric LMS100 combustion turbines."

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel
110 MW		Operating	Natural Gas
110 MW		Operating	Natural Gas
110 MW		Operating	Natural Gas
306 MW		Operating	Natural Gas
346 MW		Operating	Natural Gas
18 MW	Burner: Turbine	Backup	Natural Gas
600 MW	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle	Proposed
540 MW	Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle	Defeated

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