Unit 6 at the Alamitos power plant, for unplanned reasons, was closed on July 14, 2009.
The Alamitos plant is situated approximately 25 miles south of Los Angeles in Long Beach in Los Angeles County. It has a total power generation capacity of 1,997MW.
The Alamitos facility comprises six units which include Units 1 and 2 with generation capacity of 175MW each, Unit 3 with 332MW capacity, Unit 4 with 335MW capacity, Unit 5 with 485MW capacity and Unit 6 with 495MW of power generation capacity.
Unit 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6 began operations in 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1966 respectively. One MW of power generated from the plant can serve approximately 700 homes in California.
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