The company reduced the power unit’s output by about 500MW for planned maintenance on November 16, 2009.
The Pastoria combined cycle power facility, which has a power generation capacity of 724MW, is situated in Lebec in Kern County, about 30 miles south of Bakersfield, California.
The power station includes two heat recovery steam turbines with 169MW and 87MW capacities and three combustion turbines each with 156MW of capacity.
Calpine owns, leases and operates low-carbon, natural gas-fired and renewable geothermal power plants. The company is currently capable of delivering approximately 25,000MW of electricity to customers and communities in 16 states in the US and Canada.
