The Pittsburg power plant, that can generate a total of 1,311MW of power, is located in Contra Costa County which is around 40 miles east of San Francisco. The power plant comprises three units including Unit 5 that can generate 312MW, Unit 6 that can generate 317MW and Unit 7 that can generate 682MW.
The Unit 7 at the Pittsburg plant was completely closed on July 20, 2009. The other units at the Pittsburg power station remained operational.
One MW of power generated can reportedly serve approximately 700 homes in California.
Mirant, an independent power company, with around 10,000MW of power production capacity, markets energy commodities in the US.
